Katsina figure
- Museum number:
- 2-71805
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020071805
- Alternate number:
- C454 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4709
- Description:
- Navajo made, Hopi kachina doll. Carved balsa or cottonwood root, painted in pastel colors of blue, pink, green and yellow. Thick black marks indicating outlines and features. Has three feathers on mask and a long tubular nose which is painted yellow w/ red rectangles designs on sides. H = 8.5”.
- Donor:
- Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
- Collection place:
- Arizona
- Verbatim coll. place:
- USA, Arizona/New Mexico, Hopi [probably Navajo made]
- Culture or time period:
- Hopi and Navajo
- Collector:
- Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
- Collection date:
- 6/28/1981
- Materials:
- Balsa (wood), Cottonwood root, Feather (material), and Paint (coating)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
- Accession date:
- June 5, 2000
- Context of use:
- The Hopi use this kachina as an impersonator of a Navajo god. Therefore it is called Navajo Kachina. Tho one was probably carved by a Navajo in the form used by the Hopi. Probably carved in the 1940s. Purchased from Allie Vignault, Alpine AZ.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)