Brown-madder body with white circles; black loincloth; green, pink, white and black leggings, checkered heels; yellow, black, pink concentric circles surround face; yellow wood beak attached by nail. Missing ears attached by dowels; feather topknot, blue and white string, paper, attached to head with nails; string around neck. Made of wood, brown paper, commercial cloth.
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)
Dimensions:
height 45 centimeters
Comment:
No name listed (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960). "Tawa Koyung" ? ("Sun Turkey" ?) (fide H. Colton, 1959).
Loans:
S1952-1953 #3: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (September 9, 1952–November 28, 1952), S1952-1953 #4: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (September 11, 1952–November 28, 1952), 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)