Kachina Doll
38886
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
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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