Hopi Mud Head kachina doll. H = 7.5”; w/ 1” stand. Carved and painted cottonwood root. Design on kichina is red and green; has prominent eyebrows and mustache. Also has 2 wristbands and red bandana around neck. Holds rattle & has 3 knobs on head. Wears boots. Body painted red-brown. Wooden “feather” on belt back
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Arizona; Hopi. Artist is Jeff Polewytewa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
8/26/92
Materials:
Cottonwood root (carved and painted)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Made for sale. Purchased at M. Rogers Museum in Taos, N.M.