Maroon body; carved kilt with black, red, yellow designs; black, red facial markings; carved headband in relief; tableta headdress, one section carved with figure, others attached with plant fiber, in red, black, blue, green, white; topknot of green feathers; woven red, white, and green sash; stone amulet on string neckpiece; arms repaired. Made of wood, string.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Amulets and Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12 inches
Comment:
Polik Mana" or "Shalako" (Calako) fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #35: Oakland Public Museum (January 30, 1963–March 29, 1963) and S1974-1975 #55: University of California, Santa Cruz (February 4, 1975–March 19, 1975)