Hototo katsina (kachina); carved and painted cottonwood root figure. Case mask with left side painted red-brown and right side turquoise blue, divided by a vertical center line; bear tracks on each cheek and a protruding snout with teeth. Curved black and blue horns instead of ears. Body red-brown, left calf yellow, right calf turquoise; right arm yellow and left arm turquoise. Green yarn ruff and feather halo and feather headpiece in rear. Decorated wood "brim" over face topped with feathers. Wears a fabric shawl, white kilt with woman's belt, red sash, decorated fabric panels, fox tails at rear, black yarn arm and knee bands with tassels. Taos boots with fringed cuffs. Carries 2 rattles, a bow and a flat katsina in right hand; rattle, bow, flat katsina and vegetal bundle in left hand. George E. Farley, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi Second Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root, Feather (material), Leather, Paint (coating), and Yarn
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
Context of use:
religious, ceremonial - orders Hopi's to gather wood for the kiva fires. appears in Bean Dance Procession and in Mixed Kachina Dances.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 23 centimeters, depth 18 centimeters, and height 48 centimeters