Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-9943
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Carved cape with red and black designs; underneath black with white painted sash; black head with white features; red wooden ears with feathers inserted; feather topknot; frog-creature painted on back of head; string around neck. Right toe repaired. 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
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)
Comment:
Hoho Mana" kachina (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960).
Loans:
S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9943, described as Carved cape with red and black designs; underneath black with white painted sash; black head with white features; red wooden ears with feathers inserted; feather topknot; frog-creature painted on back of head; string around neck. Right toe repaired. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-9943, described as Carved cape with red and black designs; underneath black with white painted sash; black head with white features; red wooden ears with feathers inserted; feather topknot; frog-creature painted on back of head; string around neck. Right toe repaired. Made of wood.

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