Kachina Doll

2021-4-8

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Hu
Object Number 2021-4-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1950 - 1959 CE
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather | Animal Hair | Fabric | Yarn
Description

Turqoise painted wooden Chief kachina figure of the Hopi Blue Whipper,with bulding eyes, large mouth, and decorated with painted white, red, black, and green details. The figure holds a bundle of yucca whips in each hand. He wears a loincloth/dance kilt with red horse hair hanging down on both hips and painted wooden fox pelt. His head is adorned with feathers and a head band made of plant stalk/fibers wrapping around. He wears a long fur beard, leather arm bands, black yarn tied at proper right wrist, leather band at proper left wrist, black yarn ties at knees. "Henry Dallaswyma 1950s" (?) is written at the bottom of the proper right foot in pencil.

Height 31.8 cm
Length 14.2 cm
Width 14.6 cm
Credit Line Donated by Jan L. Bernstein, Esq., C79, in honor of Joan and James H. Bernstein, W52

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