Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72126
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
60 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
figure with black face mask with yellow painted circle eyes. Red, rectangular mouth with teeth. Black hair with one side in maiden whorl and other side loose. Black fabric dress and shawl. Red boots. Painted white forearms and hands. Holds rattle and bow. Quiver with arrows on back. Bells tied at knee. Fringed sash, white. 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:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls, Masks (costume), and Quivers
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 30 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, width 16.5 centimeters, height 30 centimeters, and depth 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72126, described as figure with black face mask with yellow painted circle eyes. Red, rectangular mouth with teeth. Black hair with one side in maiden whorl and other side loose. Black fabric dress and shawl. Red boots. Painted white forearms and hands. Holds rattle and bow. Quiver with arrows on back. Bells tied at knee. Fringed sash, white. A.L. Sahmie, carver.

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