Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72117
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
80 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Tawa katsina (kachina); carved and painted cotton wood figure. Disk face with forehead red and yellow, lower face turquoise with stylized black features; surrounded by a feather ruff (brown). Back and sides of head covered with white rabbit fur. Body painted red-brown, with 1 shoulder and forearm painted yellow and 1 turquoise. Each arm embellished with shell with leather thong bracelets and armlets. Straw bundles held in each hand. Leggings (knee to ankle) painted yellow and turquoise in correspondence with shoulder and arm paint. Wears "Taos" boots of sepia toned, suede leather. Wears a painted leather apron over rabbit fur kilt and bandolier. Leather decorated with small shells. Leather thongs with shells and bells around each knee. Dancing stance with 1 foot raised. Mounted on cottonwood disk. Raymond Parkette carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi/Navajo
Culture or time period:
Hopi and Navajo
Maker or artist:
Raymond Parkett
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root, Feather (material), Leather, Paint (coating), Rabbit fur, and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Context of use:
religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 17.5 centimeters, height 31 centimeters, width 18 centimeters, length 12 centimeters, depth 12.5 centimeters, and height 31.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72117, described as Tawa katsina (kachina); carved and painted cotton wood figure. Disk face with forehead red and yellow, lower face turquoise with stylized black features; surrounded by a feather ruff (brown). Back and sides of head covered with white rabbit fur. Body painted red-brown, with 1 shoulder and forearm painted yellow and 1 turquoise. Each arm embellished with shell with leather thong bracelets and armlets. Straw bundles held in each hand. Leggings (knee to ankle) painted yellow and turquoise in correspondence with shoulder and arm paint. Wears "Taos" boots of sepia toned, suede leather. Wears a painted leather apron over rabbit fur kilt and bandolier. Leather decorated with small shells. Leather thongs with shells and bells around each knee. Dancing stance with 1 foot raised. Mounted on cottonwood disk. Raymond Parkette carver.

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