Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72210
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
16 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
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
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Context of use:
ceremonial or religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 22.5 centimeters, depth 14.5 centimeters, length 16 centimeters, height 34 centimeters, width 21 centimeters, and height 33.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72210, described as 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.

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