Kachina Doll

38820

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38820
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather | String | Metal
Description

Wooden Katsina doll. The face is painted blue with orange and red symbols on the cheeks. The mouth is a protruding tube. A band of multicolored semicircles is painted across the forehead. A tuft of feathers is attached to the top of the head. The body is painted red, orange and blue. This figure may be a type of Rasping (Rugan) Katsina.

Length 17 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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