Kachina Doll

38891

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38891
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather
Iconography Cloud | Flower Blossom
Description

Flat, wooden Katsina doll. The form and style are both non-traditional. A figure of a woman is painted wearing a black and blue dress. The face is painted white with a red, vertical line on each cheek. She wears a stepped, tableta headdress with flower blossoms painted in white, red, blue yellow and green.

Height 26.2 cm
Width 12.7 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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