Kachina Doll

2021-4-28

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2021-4-28
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Date Made 1950 - 1959 CE
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Fabric | Fabric
Description

The object is a painted wooden figure of a Hopi maiden wearing braids. The piki bread sandwiched between her hands is made of small pieces of red and yellow rolled fabric. The piki sits on a plate with painted decoration on the underside. She wears a painted manta black dress with a belt, a cloak of yellowish fabric drapped across her proper left shoulder, and moccasins. A string to hang the object is looped around the figure's neck with a tag attached. "K272"is inscribed on the base, the ink on the proper right boot is a lot lighter than that of the proper left.

Height 30.7 cm
Length 12.3 cm
Width 14.2 cm
Credit Line Donated by Jan L. Bernstein, Esq., C79, in honor of Joan and James H. Bernstein, W52

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