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Mask

Object TitlePawik kachina
Object Number:38717
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
First Mesa
Hano
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Leather
Fiber
Bone
Wood
Iconography:Pawik
Kachina
Height: 24 cm
Outside Diameter:21 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

A Hopi Katsina mask, likely the Duck (Pawik) Katsina, made from pieces of hide stitched together. The mask is painted with repeating, layered, curved designs in sets of three. Designs are in black, blue, and red and occur in different sequences of those colors. The mouth is an elongated wooden beak with a slot cut into the side. The slot is outlined with a red outline with white circles and then a black border around that. Ears are wooden semicircles painted red. A plant fiber ring is attached to the top of the head with holes made to insert feathers, but the feathers are missing.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mask Parade (31 Oct 1947) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Nov 1947. "Masks". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 13. no. 1. pg. 1-30 Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation

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