Katsina figure
- Museum number:
- 2-17055
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020017055
- Accession number:
- Acc.805
- Description:
- Carved cape with purple and red designs; underneath in black feather pattern; hair in relief, black; feather knot on back of head; corncob in relief on forehead; black and white checkerboard pattern, feathers in sides; headdress with red, yellow, white, and black designs, feathers on edge. Made of wood and string.
- Donor:
- Norman E.A. Hinds
- Collection place:
- Arizona
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Arizona
- Culture or time period:
- Hopi
- Maker or artist:
- S. Shing
- Collector:
- Norman E.A. Hinds
- Collection date:
- 1942
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Kachina dolls
- Function:
- 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
- Accession date:
- 1942
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- height 25.7 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
- Comment:
- Native name and meaning: "Polik Mana (Pahlik Mana)" Butterfly Maiden. References: Hopi Maiden's Blanket--see Roediger, "Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians", 1961, pl. 31 and 38.
- Loans:
- S1961-1962 #6: American Association of University Women, Berkeley Branch (July 28, 1961–July 31, 1961), S1964-1965 #23: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (October 30, 1964–January 14, 1965), S1968-1969 #30: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (October 28, 1968–December 31, 1968), S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969), S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970), S1971-1972 #131: Department of Art (UC Davis) (May 10, 1972–June 13, 1972), S1973-1974 #37: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/David D. Herod (November 13, 1973–December 20, 1973), S1974-1975 #38: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 11, 1974–June 23, 1977), and S1975-1976 #39: Department of Nutritional Sciences (UC Berkeley) (December 2, 1975–December 18, 1975)
- Legacy documentation: