Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72170
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
9 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Toho mountain lion katsina (kachina); all carved wood. Red painted face with blue oval eyes. Long snout. Clawed tracks on each cheek. Long hair with feather headdress. Blue necklace. Fringed sashes cross chest. Black patch with white dots on chest. Black forearms and lower legs with white dots. Black breech clout with fox skin. Knotted yarn at knees. Red fringed moccasins. Feathered staff left hand. Rattle in right hand, bracelet left wrist. G. Lomayesva, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Kykotsmovi Village, Navajo County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Kykotsmovi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 36 centimeters, height 38 centimeters, width 13 centimeters, depth 15 centimeters, and width 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72170, described as Toho mountain lion katsina (kachina); all carved wood. Red painted face with blue oval eyes. Long snout. Clawed tracks on each cheek. Long hair with feather headdress. Blue necklace. Fringed sashes cross chest. Black patch with white dots on chest. Black forearms and lower legs with white dots. Black breech clout with fox skin. Knotted yarn at knees. Red fringed moccasins. Feathered staff left hand. Rattle in right hand, bracelet left wrist. G. Lomayesva, carver.

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