Seated figure, bent legs; body and head are yellow ochre; seat with red stripes; blue painted sash; legs with white polka dots; red stripes on chest and back; foxlike ears and snout; red and black features; feathers on ears; right leg repaired. Made of wood.
Donor:
Lucretia Blow Le Bourgeois Van Horn
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Family of Brig. Gen. R.O. Van Horn and Robert Osborn Van Horn
Collection date:
1941
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1941
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
Sikyatayo" ("fox" = yellow fox [kachina]) (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960).
Loans:
S1964-1965 #23: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (October 30, 1964–January 14, 1965) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)