Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72183
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
97 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Heheya katsina (kachina); all carved wood. Yellow case mask. Colored vertical zigzag lines beneath eyes. Red "T" nose and eyebrows. Red ears. Back of mask is yellow with white lizard designs. Carved fur with chili peppers and one erect feather on head. Carved ruff. Necklace. Carved fur shirt and kilt. Sash with carved silver rosettes. Black breech clout. Fur leggings. Brown moccasins. Left arm behind back. Right arm crossed over chest. M.L. Kagogahoema, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
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:
height 33 centimeters, width 8 centimeters, height 27 centimeters, width 9 centimeters, and depth 9.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72183, described as Heheya katsina (kachina); all carved wood. Yellow case mask. Colored vertical zigzag lines beneath eyes. Red "T" nose and eyebrows. Red ears. Back of mask is yellow with white lizard designs. Carved fur with chili peppers and one erect feather on head. Carved ruff. Necklace. Carved fur shirt and kilt. Sash with carved silver rosettes. Black breech clout. Fur leggings. Brown moccasins. Left arm behind back. Right arm crossed over chest. M.L. Kagogahoema, carver.

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