Kachina doll; blue face mask, black rectangular eyes and triangular mouth, red ears, blue body, white kilt, with stylized legs as base. Feathers on head. "Rain Chief" stamped on bottom. Water soluble paint. Made of soft wood (not cottonwood).
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
Made to sell to tourists - possibly not made by Hopi.