Kachina Doll

38860

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38860
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather | String | Fiber | Metal
Iconography Cloud | Lightning
Description

Wooden Katsina doll. The face is painted green with red rectangles below the eyes. The mouth is a protruding tube. The top of the head is covered with white fur and feathers. A tableta headdress attaches to the top of the head and has painted cloud designs with lightning. The body is painted red with a kilt painted around the waist.

Height 24.5 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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