| Maker(s): | Youvella, Celestino (Tino) | | Culture: | Native American; Hopi, Tewa, and Laguna Pueblo (1941-)
| | Title: | Zuni One Horn (Rain Priest) (Sai-atsasana) Kachina
| | Date Made: | 1962-1970s
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, yarn, felt, feathers, plastic, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Polacca; First Mesa; Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | height 11 7/8 in.; 30.1625 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1985.38.11
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
The Zuni One Horn kachina features small green feathers, a black and turquoise head, painted facial features, one turquoise horn, and one red ear. He wears a carved black and white neckpiece, as well as a black sash across his chest. His body is painted white, and he wears simple armbands, as well as black yarn bracelets. In either hand is a gourd rattle and a sprig of Juniper or Douglas Fir. Around his waist is a white belt, accompanied by a black apron with red and green yarn. His feet don red boots as he dances atop a wooden platform, signifying that he was carved for tourists. AP2018
Tags:
ceremonies; kachina dolls Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies; Cotton Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1985.38.11 |
