Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72148
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
81 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
white buffalo dancer katsina (kachina); white painted face and body. Black eyes, mouth, cheek marks. White horns with feathers at back of head. Leather sashes with shells. Painted cloth breech clout. Forearms and lower legs black with white ovals. Bells and shells tied at knees. White moccasins. Rattle with feather left hand. Stick with leather binding right hand. White fur kilt. 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:
Fur (hair material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
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 31 centimeters, width 16.5 centimeters, height 31 centimeters, width 18 centimeters, and depth 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72148, described as white buffalo dancer katsina (kachina); white painted face and body. Black eyes, mouth, cheek marks. White horns with feathers at back of head. Leather sashes with shells. Painted cloth breech clout. Forearms and lower legs black with white ovals. Bells and shells tied at knees. White moccasins. Rattle with feather left hand. Stick with leather binding right hand. White fur kilt. Raymond Parkett, carver.

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