Figure

Museum number:
2-72494
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020072494
Accession number:
Acc.4773
Description:
Hopi, white buffalo figure; social dancer. white painted body with forearms, legs below knees and circular lozenge on chest and back in black with white painted ovals in row. wears a painted leather breech clout, white fur kilt with tail and white fur. head covering with horns each side of head. armlets and sash of leather decorated with shells. rawhide knee bands are strung with bells. white fur anklets and dance boots. holds a rattle in one hand. yucca whip is missing from left hand. face painted white with black marking beneath each eye. mounted on a round of cotton wood.
Donor:
Joan McHale
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Joan McHale
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Leather, Metal, Paint (coating), Rabbit fur, Root (plant material), Shell (animal material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
May 19, 2009
Context of use:
representation of a ceremonial dancer.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 21 centimeters, length 15 centimeters, and height 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-72494, described as Hopi, white buffalo figure; social dancer. white painted body with forearms, legs below knees and circular lozenge on chest and back in black with white painted ovals in row. wears a painted leather breech clout, white fur kilt with tail and white fur. head covering with horns each side of head. armlets and sash of leather decorated with shells. rawhide knee bands are strung with bells. white fur anklets and dance boots. holds a rattle in one hand. yucca whip is missing from left hand. face painted white with black marking beneath each eye. mounted on a round of cotton wood.

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