Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72207
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020072207
Alternate number:
69 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Tokoch wildcat katsina (kachina); white case mask with brown toothed snout, black and white pop eyes, red ears, black cat tracks on cheeks. Horizontal feathers on head. Fur ruff. White body paint. Black ovals on chest and back. Sashes with shells crossed on chest. Red hair kilt, white breech clout. Black stripes on fore arms and lower legs. Bells at knees. Bow in left hand; rattle in right. Brown fringed moccasins. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi/Tewa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Feather (material), Fur (hair material), Hair (material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 13.5 centimeters, depth 20 centimeters, height 31 centimeters, width 12 centimeters, and height 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72207, described as Tokoch wildcat katsina (kachina); white case mask with brown toothed snout, black and white pop eyes, red ears, black cat tracks on cheeks. Horizontal feathers on head. Fur ruff. White body paint. Black ovals on chest and back. Sashes with shells crossed on chest. Red hair kilt, white breech clout. Black stripes on fore arms and lower legs. Bells at knees. Bow in left hand; rattle in right. Brown fringed moccasins. A.L. Sahmie, carver.

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