Worn pink body with black markings; black knapsack, red feet, attached wooden eyes and mouth; 3 wood balls on head with string, feather on center ball, missing from others.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1913
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 23 centimeters
Comment:
Koyesmi" ("Mud-head") kachina.
Loans:
S1954-1955 #6: Margaret Irwin (January 24, 1955–unknown), S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974), and S1974-1975 #55: University of California, Santa Cruz (February 4, 1975–March 19, 1975)