Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72150
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
10 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Mana katsina (kachina); yellow half mask, wide slit eyes. Carved 2-tier feather beard. Hair in maiden's whorls. Feather at forehead. Brown shawl with wide red stripes near edges. Green dress, brown pot with cloud symbol and 2 wooden implements in right hand. Left hand holds a katsina (kachina), corn ear and bow with arrows. White moccasins, white belt sash. Hyram Namoki, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Polacca
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Hyram Namoki
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 14 centimeters and height 34 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72150, described as Mana katsina (kachina); yellow half mask, wide slit eyes. Carved 2-tier feather beard. Hair in maiden's whorls. Feather at forehead. Brown shawl with wide red stripes near edges. Green dress, brown pot with cloud symbol and 2 wooden implements in right hand. Left hand holds a katsina (kachina), corn ear and bow with arrows. White moccasins, white belt sash. Hyram Namoki, carver.

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