Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72195
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Eagle dance katsina (kachina). Eagle dancer with short wings, no arms, blue case mask with rectangular eyes and inverted "V" over open beak. Red ears, ruff, wood feathers on head. Two blue rectangles on back. Feather tail and fox skin. Carved kilt and sash. Kneeling figure and base carved from single block of wood. Base lightly incised with pueblo facades, mesa and mountain motifs. #00022. Label on base "Authentic Hopi kachina Handmade. From shop of Nokai" $1200. Baldwin Huma, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters, height 18 centimeters, width 11.5 centimeters, height 18.5 centimeters, and depth 10.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72195, described as Eagle dance katsina (kachina). Eagle dancer with short wings, no arms, blue case mask with rectangular eyes and inverted "V" over open beak. Red ears, ruff, wood feathers on head. Two blue rectangles on back. Feather tail and fox skin. Carved kilt and sash. Kneeling figure and base carved from single block of wood. Base lightly incised with pueblo facades, mesa and mountain motifs. #00022. Label on base "Authentic Hopi kachina Handmade. From shop of Nokai" $1200. Baldwin Huma, carver.

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