Kachina Doll

38866

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38866
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather | Yarn | String | Metal
Iconography Flower Blossom
Description

Wooden Katsina doll. The face is painted white with a large blue area over the majority of it. A black-painted band with white squares covers the forehead. The eyes are bulging and the mouth is a protruding snout. One ear is red and semicircular and the other is a flower blossom made of red yarn and pins. Feathers are attached to a plant fiber ring on the back of the head. The body is painted red with yellow symbols and a kilt is painted around the waist.

Height 27.5 cm
Width 9.8 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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