Black, orange red, green markings; commercial fabric with painted designs over torso; orange, black, blue, yellow facial features; hollow wood cylinder nailed to forehead; feather topknot; headdress in red, black, yellow, blue, green and white. Deteriorated condition.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1913
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1913
Context of use:
Kachina doll.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 63 centimeters and height 36.5 centimeters
Comment:
Polik Mana" (Claude Sakyesva, 1960). Native name and meaning: "Butterfly Maiden".
Loans:
S1962-1963 #35: Oakland Public Museum (January 30, 1963–March 29, 1963), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), and S1981-1982 #47: Heffernan Films (March 3, 1982–March 10, 1982)