Kachina Doll
2021-4-62
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Angak'china |
Object Number | 2021-4-62 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hopi |
Provenience | United States of America | Arizona |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Date Made | 1970 - 1979 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Paint | Plant Fiber | Fabric | Leather | Animal Hair | Human Hair (uncertain) |
Description | Wooden painted longhair figure wearing a blue mask, jet black hair and beard, and single standing feather at head features yellow and black body paint. He holds a turquoise gourd dance rattle in his proper right (PR) hand and dried plant stems in his proper left. He wears a painted canvas kilt, red belt, and embroidered sash at left side and a leather bandolier loosely tied around his torso. His hair is composed of a carved wooden component with real human hair glued on top. Three wooden feathers hang in front of his beard and one wooden feather is attached to the back of his head. He wears a fur fox pelt on the back and yarn ties on his wrists and below the knees. There are leather ankle decorations on the boots. "Hopi" is written in black ink on the bottom of the proper left foot along with "#21" in lighter brown ink. This kachina brings gentle rains and flowers. |
Height | 38.6 cm |
Length | 15.8 cm |
Width | 16.2 cm |
Credit Line | Donated by Jan L. Bernstein, Esq., C79, in honor of Joan and James H. Bernstein, W52 |
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