Mostly orange body, arms attached with nails; black face with bug eyes; attached wood snout; orange lips and ears; white stripe in center of face; white wood horns nailed to top of head, left tip broken; plant fibers, yellow and black feathers attached to head with string; kilt with black, pink designs; waistband of red and green yarn. Made of wood, woven fabric.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1942
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 33.5 centimeters
Comment:
Wakati" ("Bull") fide Claude Sakyesva. Photo: 15-18610-11, 15-18625.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #35: Oakland Public Museum (January 30, 1963–March 29, 1963), S1972-1973 #58: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/William S. Simmons (February 7, 1973–February 7, 1973), S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988), and S1987-1988 #45: Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (April 29, 1988–July 13, 1988)