Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72168
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
17 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Crow katsina (kachina); black case mask with blue oval eyes and blue dotted eyebrows. Bird beak yellow, red, black. White fur around base of beak. Ears of black bird wings. Black wood ruff. Black body, arms, legs with red marks. White sash with geometric patterns. Black breech clout. Bells lefts knee. Brown moccasins. Bracelet left wrist. Holds stick both hands. White bands. Two horizontal feathers on head. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi-Tewa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Feather (material) and 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:
height 39.5 centimeters, width 18 centimeters, width 20.5 centimeters, height 39 centimeters, and depth 19.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72168, described as Crow katsina (kachina); black case mask with blue oval eyes and blue dotted eyebrows. Bird beak yellow, red, black. White fur around base of beak. Ears of black bird wings. Black wood ruff. Black body, arms, legs with red marks. White sash with geometric patterns. Black breech clout. Bells lefts knee. Brown moccasins. Bracelet left wrist. Holds stick both hands. White bands. Two horizontal feathers on head. A.L. Sahmie, carver.

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