Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72176
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
70 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Tuhavi paralyzed katsina (kachina); carved and painted wooden figure. Wears a black case mask with rounded crown and down-turned horns with white tips; has a blue bird track on forehead, pop eyes, white dots on each cheek and a red/white/black mouth that extends the width of his face with a long red tongue protruding over a long, hanging black and white beard. Crown of mask decorated with feathers (now missing) and back has fur hair. Body painted with a black wash and decorated with pairs of white stripes on chest, back, arms and legs. Wears a fur kilt under a white leather breech clout, a leather bandolier decorated with shells is worn diagonally across chest and back; leather armlets and knee bands are decorated with shells and bells. Bead bracelets at each wrist. Wears Taos boots with red-brown fringed cuffs. Carries yucca whips in each hand. Raymond Parkett, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi/Navajo
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Raymond Parkett
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root, Fur (hair material), Human hair, Leather, Paint (coating), and Shell (animal 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
Context of use:
ceremonial or religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters, height 32 centimeters, width 20 centimeters, depth 19 centimeters, height 30 centimeters, and width 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72176, described as Tuhavi paralyzed katsina (kachina); carved and painted wooden figure. Wears a black case mask with rounded crown and down-turned horns with white tips; has a blue bird track on forehead, pop eyes, white dots on each cheek and a red/white/black mouth that extends the width of his face with a long red tongue protruding over a long, hanging black and white beard. Crown of mask decorated with feathers (now missing) and back has fur hair. Body painted with a black wash and decorated with pairs of white stripes on chest, back, arms and legs. Wears a fur kilt under a white leather breech clout, a leather bandolier decorated with shells is worn diagonally across chest and back; leather armlets and knee bands are decorated with shells and bells. Bead bracelets at each wrist. Wears Taos boots with red-brown fringed cuffs. Carries yucca whips in each hand. Raymond Parkett, carver.

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