Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72189
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
55 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Ang-ak-china long-haired katsina (kachina); carved and painted or stained figure; female, long-hair with white mask with rectangular black eyes, band at base with turquoise panels, feathered black beard wearing white cape decorated with black and green. Emerging from chest is male long-hair with turquoise mask climbing from a kiva. L. Reyna, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi, First Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root and Paint (coating)
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:
ceremonial or religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 27 centimeters, height 25 centimeters, width 13 centimeters, width 7.5 centimeters, length 7 centimeters, and depth 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72189, described as Ang-ak-china long-haired katsina (kachina); carved and painted or stained figure; female, long-hair with white mask with rectangular black eyes, band at base with turquoise panels, feathered black beard wearing white cape decorated with black and green. Emerging from chest is male long-hair with turquoise mask climbing from a kiva. L. Reyna, carver.

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