Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72166
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
37 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Kokopelli katsina (kachina); one of a pair of carved, painted and dressed figures. Seated, wears black case mask with straight, white, bill with white stripe running vertically from bill over top of head. Flat, rounded, protruding, red ears on each side, white, pot hook eyes, feather topknot, 2 black and white yarn "braids" on each side of head emerge from topknot. Black and white ruff at neck. Dressed in white shirt and pants, and Taos boots. Holds a rattle in one hand and a crook decorated with a feather in the other. Pronounced hump on back; pronounced genitals. Black yarn bandolier across chest. Joseph Dalles, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Joseph Dalles
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root, Feather (material), Paint (coating), Polyester (fiber), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Context of use:
ceremonial or religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters, width 23.5 centimeters, height 31.5 centimeters, width 29 centimeters, depth 26 centimeters, and length 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72166, described as Kokopelli katsina (kachina); one of a pair of carved, painted and dressed figures. Seated, wears black case mask with straight, white, bill with white stripe running vertically from bill over top of head. Flat, rounded, protruding, red ears on each side, white, pot hook eyes, feather topknot, 2 black and white yarn "braids" on each side of head emerge from topknot. Black and white ruff at neck. Dressed in white shirt and pants, and Taos boots. Holds a rattle in one hand and a crook decorated with a feather in the other. Pronounced hump on back; pronounced genitals. Black yarn bandolier across chest. Joseph Dalles, carver.

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