Katsina doll

Museum number:
2-9948
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Red and orange striped body; arms carved in slight relief, painted light blue and orange; white painted breechcloth with red, light blue, black designs; light blue case mask with carved protruding features, red and black markings; attached redwood ears; topknot of feathers and dried grass or shredded bark(?); white cotton string around neck. Made of wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1913
Taxon:
Sequoia sempervirens
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:
1913
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
Kwikwiliaya" ("Striped nose") kachina (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960).
Loans:
S1968-1969 #47: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (November 21, 1968–January 2, 1969)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9948, described as Red and orange striped body; arms carved in slight relief, painted light blue and orange; white painted breechcloth with red, light blue, black designs; light blue case mask with carved protruding features, red and black markings; attached redwood ears; topknot of feathers and dried grass or shredded bark(?); white cotton string around neck. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9948, described as Red and orange striped body; arms carved in slight relief, painted light blue and orange; white painted breechcloth with red, light blue, black designs; light blue case mask with carved protruding features, red and black markings; attached redwood ears; topknot of feathers and dried grass or shredded bark(?); white cotton string around neck. Made of wood.

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