Katsina doll

Museum number:
2-9933
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Carved cape with black and green designs; face olive green with black and white features; attached headband of blue, green, yed yarn; wood wings on head, triangular, notched, mostly black, right detached; feather topknot. "The one with the crow tied on".
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 28 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "Anwus mana" "Angwusnasontaqa". "The one with the crow tied on". (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9933, described as Carved cape with black and green designs; face olive green with black and white features; attached headband of blue, green, yed yarn; wood wings on head, triangular, notched, mostly black, right detached; feather topknot. "The one with the crow tied on".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9933, described as Carved cape with black and green designs; face olive green with black and white features; attached headband of blue, green, yed yarn; wood wings on head, triangular, notched, mostly black, right detached; feather topknot. "The one with the crow tied on".

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