Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-34350
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2163
Description:
Female; elaborate painted black, yellow, red and white costume with carved arms and one maiden's whorl (other whorl missing). Made of wood ?
Donor:
Mrs. Spencer C. Browne
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Mrs. Spencer C. Browne
Collection date:
1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 14 centimeters
Comment:
Possibly H. Colton's No. 124: "Masao Kachin-Mana". References: Colton; "Hopi Kachina Dolls".
Loans:
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 2-34350, described as Female; elaborate painted black, yellow, red and white costume with carved arms and one maiden's whorl (other whorl missing). Made of wood ?Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-34350, described as Female; elaborate painted black, yellow, red and white costume with carved arms and one maiden's whorl (other whorl missing). Made of wood ?

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