Katsina doll

Museum number:
2-9952
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Carved cape with black, blue designs; underneath is painted white sash and blue band on black, face blue; black features; triangular wooden "wings" on head, mostly black; red and green yarn headband; cloth strip around neck; missing red yarn topknot.
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 36 centimeters and height 24 centimeters
Comment:
Anwus Mana" ("The one with the crow tied on") fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9952, described as Carved cape with black, blue designs; underneath is painted white sash and blue band on black, face blue; black features; triangular wooden "wings" on head, mostly black; red and green yarn headband; cloth strip around neck; missing red yarn topknot.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9952, described as Carved cape with black, blue designs; underneath is painted white sash and blue band on black, face blue; black features; triangular wooden "wings" on head, mostly black; red and green yarn headband; cloth strip around neck; missing red yarn topknot.

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