Hano or Koshare clown katsina (kachina); carved and painted wooden figure; face painted white and body painted in black and white horizontal stripes. Wears a black and white striped cap with two crooked horns, a black loin cloth with cloud/rainbow symbols, Taos boots with leather fringes, old bandana forms belt. Hair is clubbed at back and neck. Holds a cup of 7-Up in left hand. Leather pouch for sacred corn meal around neck. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi/Tewa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root, Leather, Paint (coating), Synthetic, and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions