Carved cape with blue, red and black designs; underneath is black with white sash and blue designs; black facial features; back of head blue; headband of blue yarn and orange string; feather topknot; detached triangular "crow wings", mostly black, with black painted feathers on tips; right toe repaired; cloth strip 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:
1942
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Accession date:
1913
Context of use:
Kachina doll.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "Anwus Mana" (Claude Sakyesva, 1960). "The one with the crow tied on".
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), and S1974-1975 #55: University of California, Santa Cruz (February 4, 1975–March 19, 1975)