Black body with brown, white, blue markings; red and white moccasins; painted breechcloth/sash with black, red, blue, green designs; carved pelt behind; blue mask with wooden ears, eyes, alligator snout attached; black feather headdress with dried grass and down feather topknot; green yarn ruff. Bow in left hand; right missing. Made of wood.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Robert Quoits-Ku-Wai-Ra
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Production date:
1938
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 35 centimeters
Comment:
Black Ogre" kachina. (fide H. Colton (1959)
Loans:
S1954-1955 #6: Margaret Irwin (January 24, 1955–unknown), S1964-1965 #23: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (October 30, 1964–January 14, 1965), and S1985-1986 #13: California State University, Chico/Keith Johnson (November 13, 1985–June 26, 1986)