Kachina Doll
2021-4-17
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 2021-4-17 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hopi |
Provenience | United States of America | Arizona |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Date Made | 1960 - 1969 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Paint | Yarn | Fabric |
Description | Wooden figure with cone shaped white mask including cloud symbols at cheeks in red, turquoise, and yellow. The figure wears a green headband of yarn and yarn ruff collar of darker green; turquoise blue arm bands and wrist ties of blue yarn, a fringed belt of white yarn hangs down at proper right. He also wears two purple yarn bandoliers across his chest; a white dance kilt, and a fox pelt at the back. The figure is barefoot and holds a short wooden stick in his proper left hand and looped string in his proper right. He wears leather earings. A string used to hang the figure is found around the purple yarn straps at the back. |
Height | 40.9 cm |
Length | 22.2 cm |
Width | 20.3 cm |
Credit Line | Donated by Jan L. Bernstein, Esq., C79, in honor of Joan and James H. Bernstein, W52 |
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