White Bear. Fully carved action figure, white fur on head and shoulders and back of hands; hands and legs are painted black with white spots; bear claw patterns on thighs. Kilt is carved and painted in Hopi patterns in red, green and black on white; 6 shells strung on buckskin, 2 knives on head. Made of wood.
Donor:
Clarence R. Jauchem and Roberta M. Jauchem
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Maker or artist:
Earl Yowytewa
Collector:
Philip Wayne Jauchem
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
This kachina may appear in the kachina return, or Soyal of First Mesa...or during the "Palolokong" dance...probably is most familiar in the Mixed Kachina Dance.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "Kocha Honau" - white bear. References: Wright, Barton, "Kachinas; a Hopi Artist's Documentary", Northland Pr. 1973 p. 114 paintings by Cliff Bahnimptewa.