Kachina Doll

38886

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38886
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather | String
Iconography Chevron
Description

Wooden Katsina doll. The face is painted blue with red and black lines forming a large inverted triangle over the mouth. The mouth is a wide band of diagonal, white lines on black. The eyes are simple yellow circles outlined in black. The ears are large, red and perforated with feathers. The body is painted white and red and a kilt is painted around the waist.

Height 24.5 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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