Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-9950
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Black body and arms with white and orange markings; white hands, orange legs, red feet; white painted breechcloth with red, light blue, black designs; head black with white markings as body; carved features; red carved ears; conical wood "hat", tied with bit of red yarn. Figure holds small wooden ball in left hand, stick in right, both painted red; white cotton string around neck.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
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 26 centimeters
Comment:
Biokan" kachina (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960). Photo: 15-5648; slide 2479.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #11: Walden School, Berkeley/Eva Goldshield (August 28, 1961–September 25, 1961), S1961-1962 #6: American Association of University Women, Berkeley Branch (July 28, 1961–July 31, 1961), S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988), and S1987-1988 #45: Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (April 29, 1988–July 13, 1988)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9950, described as Black body and arms with white and orange markings; white hands, orange legs, red feet; white painted breechcloth with red, light blue, black designs; head black with white markings as body; carved features; red carved ears; conical wood "hat", tied with bit of red yarn. Figure holds small wooden ball in left hand, stick in right, both painted red; white cotton string around neck.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9950, described as Black body and arms with white and orange markings; white hands, orange legs, red feet; white painted breechcloth with red, light blue, black designs; head black with white markings as body; carved features; red carved ears; conical wood "hat", tied with bit of red yarn. Figure holds small wooden ball in left hand, stick in right, both painted red; white cotton string around neck.

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