Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72203
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
49 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Ewiro warrior katsina (kachina); case mask with face divided by diagonal line, half face being white with black stars, other half black with white stars. Red ears with feathers, horizontal feathers on head, green and white head band, long mouth, beard, ruff. Leather tunic, painted leather breech clout. Right arm and leg black and white stripes, left arm and leg black with red crossed lines. Quiver with three arrows slung on back. Bells tied left knee. White hands holding sticks. Brown fringed moccasins. Fringed leather cuffs on upper arms. Bundles of sticks in each hand. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi/Tewa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Feather (material), Fur (hair material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls, Masks (costume), and Quivers
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 33 centimeters, width 16.5 centimeters, depth 20 centimeters, height 30 centimeters, and width 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72203, described as Ewiro warrior katsina (kachina); case mask with face divided by diagonal line, half face being white with black stars, other half black with white stars. Red ears with feathers, horizontal feathers on head, green and white head band, long mouth, beard, ruff. Leather tunic, painted leather breech clout. Right arm and leg black and white stripes, left arm and leg black with red crossed lines. Quiver with three arrows slung on back. Bells tied left knee. White hands holding sticks. Brown fringed moccasins. Fringed leather cuffs on upper arms. Bundles of sticks in each hand. A.L. Sahmie, carver.

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