Kachina Doll

2021-4-1

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Susöpa
Object Number 2021-4-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1994 CE
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Yarn
Description

Wooden anthropomorphic insect cricket figure with a brown dome shaped helmet mask, black ring ruff at neck, plaid kilt, and black bandolier. Cricket antenae made of stalks of grain attached at both sides of head, each with a bundle of white yarn at base. The insect wears a painted black, grey, and white plaid kilt, associated with bachelor status, fringed arm and ankle bands painted in brown, and black painted wrist ties.

Height 28.2 cm
Length 9 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Donated by Jan L. Bernstein, Esq., C79, in honor of Joan and James H. Bernstein, W52

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