Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-16915
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020016915
Accession number:
Acc.796
Description:
Orange body; yellow shoulders, forearms; white and blue painted necklace and blue armbands, face, feet; kilt with orange, blue, black designs; hair in relief in front. Black and white facial markings; orange tube snout; cloud designs on back of head, orange, black, blue; feather topknot; also feathers on sides of head; string around neck.
Donor:
Lucretia Blow Le Bourgeois Van Horn
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Family of Brig. Gen. R.O. Van Horn and Robert Osborn Van Horn
Collection date:
1941
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1941
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 17 centimeters
Comment:
No name listed. (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-16915, described as Orange body; yellow shoulders, forearms; white and blue painted necklace and blue armbands, face, feet; kilt with orange, blue, black designs; hair in relief in front. Black and white facial markings; orange tube snout; cloud designs on back of head, orange, black, blue; feather topknot; also feathers on sides of head; string around neck.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-16915, described as Orange body; yellow shoulders, forearms; white and blue painted necklace and blue armbands, face, feet; kilt with orange, blue, black designs; hair in relief in front. Black and white facial markings; orange tube snout; cloud designs on back of head, orange, black, blue; feather topknot; also feathers on sides of head; string around neck.

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