Katsina doll

Museum number:
2-9940
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Accession number:
Acc.460
Description:
Flat board; 3-dimensional carved attached head; painted black torso; green and white painted kilt with red and black sash; black, yellow, green, orange, white facial markings; painted flower ears; feathers inserted in top of head, some missing; green, yellow, orange, black, white background designs. Made of wood. No name found. (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960)
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:
length 55.5 centimeters and width 24.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #23: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (October 30, 1964–January 14, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9940, described as Flat board; 3-dimensional carved attached head; painted black torso; green and white painted kilt with red and black sash; black, yellow, green, orange, white facial markings; painted flower ears; feathers inserted in top of head, some missing; green, yellow, orange, black, white background designs. Made of wood. No name found. (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina doll, accession number 2-9940, described as Flat board; 3-dimensional carved attached head; painted black torso; green and white painted kilt with red and black sash; black, yellow, green, orange, white facial markings; painted flower ears; feathers inserted in top of head, some missing; green, yellow, orange, black, white background designs. Made of wood. No name found. (fide Claude Sakyesva, 1960)

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