Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-9924
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Flat board type; body tan with red stripes; painted-on arms in black, yellow, blue-green; round head; face worn blue surrounded by concentric circles of black, white, yellow, red; back of head black; down feather topknot; string neckpiece; "pothook" eyes; missing ears. Made of wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1913
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1913
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 35 centimeters and 11 centimeters
Comment:
No name given (Claude Sakyesva - 1960).
Loans:
S1961-1962 #11: Walden School, Berkeley/Eva Goldshield (August 28, 1961–September 25, 1961) and S1974-1975 #55: University of California, Santa Cruz (February 4, 1975–March 19, 1975)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9924, described as Flat board type; body tan with red stripes; painted-on arms in black, yellow, blue-green; round head; face worn blue surrounded by concentric circles of black, white, yellow, red; back of head black; down feather topknot; string neckpiece; "pothook" eyes; missing ears. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9924, described as Flat board type; body tan with red stripes; painted-on arms in black, yellow, blue-green; round head; face worn blue surrounded by concentric circles of black, white, yellow, red; back of head black; down feather topknot; string neckpiece; "pothook" eyes; missing ears. Made of wood.

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