Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-9925
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Body pink with gray markings; carved arms, yellow and blue; kilt with painted sash in pink, black, blue; greenish face with black, white, pink markings; wood "pop" eyes attached with nails; attached wood ears and snout; back of head pink; feather topknot; string neckpiece. Made of wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1913
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1913
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters
Comment:
May be "Holi" (C. Sakyesva, 1960) or "Sikya-chantaka" or Tuskiapaya" kachina (see H. Colton). References: H. Colton, 1959, pp. 73 and 75.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9925, described as Body pink with gray markings; carved arms, yellow and blue; kilt with painted sash in pink, black, blue; greenish face with black, white, pink markings; wood "pop" eyes attached with nails; attached wood ears and snout; back of head pink; feather topknot; string neckpiece. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9925, described as Body pink with gray markings; carved arms, yellow and blue; kilt with painted sash in pink, black, blue; greenish face with black, white, pink markings; wood "pop" eyes attached with nails; attached wood ears and snout; back of head pink; feather topknot; string neckpiece. Made of wood.

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