Kachina Doll

30-21-36

From: United States of America | Arizona (uncertain) | New Mexico (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 30-21-36
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona (uncertain) | New Mexico (uncertain)
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather
Iconography Deer | Flower Blossom | Cloud
Description

Flat, wooden Katsina doll. The form and style are both non-traditional. A figure of a woman is painted wearing a black and yellow dress against a green backdrop. Cloud symbols are painted at her feet. She wears a stepped, tableta headdress with flower blossoms and deer painted in white, red, blue and yellow.

Height 61.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward F. Henson, 1930

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