Hopi katsina doll. Wide and flat with red stripes on body. Arms carved into folded position & painted blue & yellow. as are shoulders. Blue face with painted black hair, two horizontal designs beside mouth. Black mouth and eyes. Tufts of green and red yarn at ears. Feather on head. Geometrical necklace design. H = 5”.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Hopi, Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
4/27/1973
Materials:
Feather (material), Paint (coating), Wood (plant material), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Children’s play doll. Bought at Bear Creek Trading Post, Lafayette, CA. This kind of doll is given to Hopi infants. Sometimes carved “puchtihu”.