Mask
22698
From: New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Ko-Kok-Shi |
Object Number | 22698 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pueblo | Zuni |
Provenience | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Hide | Hair | Feather | Pigment |
Description | A Long Haired (Kokokshi) Zuni Katsina mask. The mask is made from hide with small eye holes cut out. The front is painted light blue with slit eyes painted black. A long, black beard is attached at the bottom of the mask and a strip of short black hair is attached at the top. Hide straps on the sides secure the mask to the head. |
Length | 40.5 cm |
Width | 22 cm |
Credit Line | Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902 |
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