Black rectangular eyes with orange tube mouth and orange ears; lozenges under eyes. Orange/white body (much orange lost). Painted kilt, sash, green moccasins. Carved cottonwood root. Feathers attached to head.
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
Seen at night dance in Hotevilla in 1943"; possibly Peeping Out Man (fide H. Colton, 1959). Used in educating children.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 21 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: Peeping Out Man "Na-Uikuitaqa". References: Colton, Harold S., 1959, "Hopi Kachina Dolls", University of New Mexico Press; #132.
Loans:
S1982-1983 #35: California State University, Chico (April 5, 1983–July 26, 1984)