Kachina Doll

38890

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Angwusnasomtaka
Object Number 38890
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Metal
Iconography Crow
Description

Round, wooden Katsina doll. The face is painted blue with rectangular eyes and an inverted triangle mouth. A headdress, likely representing feathers, is attached to the sides of the head and painted blue and black. The body is wrapped with a white-painted blanket and red underneath. This figure may be a variation of the Crow Mother (Angwusnasomtaka).

Height 23.4 cm
Width 13.6 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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