Kachina Doll

2021-4-59

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Mong' Wuhti
Object Number 2021-4-59
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 | Animal Hair
Description

The Kachina of carved painted wood represents a hunter, the Great Horned Owl Woman, a mottled owl with yellow eyes, long yellow beak, and dark brown fur collar ruff. The figure holds no objects. Her wing like “ears” are elongated and flat. The figure wears a woman's black manta dress, white, red, and blue maiden style shawl, a white belt, ties at wrists, and white moccasin boots.

Paint colors: white, black, red, brown, green, blue, gray, yellow, orange.

Height 20.32 cm
Length 8.89 cm
Width 8.26 cm
Credit Line Donated by Jan L. Bernstein, Esq., C79, in honor of Joan and James H. Bernstein, W52

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