Description: This Badger kachina has a red face with painted yellow, blue, and white designs. He wears a feather headpiece, as well as a fur neckpiece. His eyes are painted, while his snout is carved and reveals jagged teeth. His black and white body wears a crisscrossed chest sash that features shells. On each arm is an armband, as well as a blue yarn bracelet and a decorated cuff. His white "kilt" is plain and includes a cotton sash, a black pouch with red and green yarn, and a patterned sash. At the ends of his black legs are fringed red shoes. He holds a blue gourd rattle in his hand. He is dancing on top of a wooden stand, and was likely made for tourist consumers. AP2018
Tags: ceremonies; animals; kachina dolls; badgers Subjects: Rites and ceremonies; Animals; Cotton Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1985.38.13 |