Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72186
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020072186
Alternate number:
82 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Hospoa roadrunner katsina (kachina); blue case mask with black and white crescents. Yellow beak, red ears, paired feathers horizontal on head. Erect feather headdress, fur ruff, yellow and red body, arms, and legs. Leather sash with shells across chest. Bells at knees, blue moccasins, leather arm band with shells. Beaded bracelets both wrists. Right hand rattle with feathers, left hand holds sticks. Fur kilt, white leather breech clout, fur tail. Raymond Parkett, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Mexican Water
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Raymond Parkett
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Feather (material), Fur (hair material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 16 centimeters, width 14 centimeters, height 28.5 centimeters, width 18 centimeters, and height 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72186, described as Hospoa roadrunner katsina (kachina); blue case mask with black and white crescents. Yellow beak, red ears, paired feathers horizontal on head. Erect feather headdress, fur ruff, yellow and red body, arms, and legs. Leather sash with shells across chest. Bells at knees, blue moccasins, leather arm band with shells. Beaded bracelets both wrists. Right hand rattle with feathers, left hand holds sticks. Fur kilt, white leather breech clout, fur tail. Raymond Parkett, carver.

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