Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72156
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
5 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Owl or Great Horned katsina (kachina); carved and painted figure. Wears a case mask with large owl eyes, beak and owl wings in place of ears. Carved fur ruff and feather dance wand on top of head. Body painted red brown with white arm, leg, and chest markings. Fox fur (carved) cape and quiver in 2 areas on back. Turquoise necklace and silver/turquoise bracelet on left wrist. Wears a breech clout (carved and painted) and sash attached to a white belt. Black knee bands with tassels, ochre colored armlets and black tasseled wrist band on appendages, and hoot with fringed anklets. Holds a yucca whip on left hand and a bow and arrow in right. Carl Sulu, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Carl Sulu
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls, Masks (costume), and Quivers
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Context of use:
ceremonial or religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 10.5 centimeters, height 32 centimeters, height 32.5 centimeters, length 10 centimeters, width 17 centimeters, and width 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72156, described as Owl or Great Horned katsina (kachina); carved and painted figure. Wears a case mask with large owl eyes, beak and owl wings in place of ears. Carved fur ruff and feather dance wand on top of head. Body painted red brown with white arm, leg, and chest markings. Fox fur (carved) cape and quiver in 2 areas on back. Turquoise necklace and silver/turquoise bracelet on left wrist. Wears a breech clout (carved and painted) and sash attached to a white belt. Black knee bands with tassels, ochre colored armlets and black tasseled wrist band on appendages, and hoot with fringed anklets. Holds a yucca whip on left hand and a bow and arrow in right. Carl Sulu, carver.

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