Kachina Doll
38891
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
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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