Kachina Doll

2021-4-17

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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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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