Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72144
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
22 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Tangiki China katsina (kachina); case mask painted blue, red, beige, brown quadrangles and white vertical stripe with black dots. Eight diagonal striped mouth. Green ruff. Red ears, one with shell. Black carved wood feather headdress. Yellow, blue and red body paint. White kilt with geometric designs. Red sash, red moccasins. Holds one green stick in each hand. Bracelet on left wrist. Fox skin tail. 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:
Wood (plant material) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 19.5 centimeters, height 35.5 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, width 18 centimeters, and height 36 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72144, described as Tangiki China katsina (kachina); case mask painted blue, red, beige, brown quadrangles and white vertical stripe with black dots. Eight diagonal striped mouth. Green ruff. Red ears, one with shell. Black carved wood feather headdress. Yellow, blue and red body paint. White kilt with geometric designs. Red sash, red moccasins. Holds one green stick in each hand. Bracelet on left wrist. Fox skin tail. A.L. Sahmie, carver.

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