Katsina doll

Museum number:
2-9947
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Flat, rectangular, simplified; white body with painted-on arms, red stripes, yellow and light blue markings; olive-green face with black-painted hair, features; white string and missing (?) feather topknot; white cotton string around neck. Similar in execution to 2-9945, 2-9949. Made of wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1913
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 15.8 centimeters and width 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
(Zuni maiden) "Anga" kachina (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960). "Ang-ak-china" (fide H. Colton, 1959).
Loans:
S1969-1970 #131: Dominican College of San Rafael/Sister M. Joanne (June 1, 1970–July 30, 1970) and S1985-1986 #31: The Crafts Museum, New Delhi, India (March 8, 1986–August 4, 1986)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9947, described as Flat, rectangular, simplified; white body with painted-on arms, red stripes, yellow and light blue markings; olive-green face with black-painted hair, features; white string and missing (?) feather topknot; white cotton string around neck. Similar in execution to 2-9945, 2-9949. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9947, described as Flat, rectangular, simplified; white body with painted-on arms, red stripes, yellow and light blue markings; olive-green face with black-painted hair, features; white string and missing (?) feather topknot; white cotton string around neck. Similar in execution to 2-9945, 2-9949. Made of wood.

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