| Maker(s): | Youvella, Celestino (Tino)
| | Culture: | Native American; Hopi, Tewa, and Laguna Pueblo (1941-)
| | Title: | Mehmeh Kachina
| | Date Made: | 1962-1970s
| | Type: | Ceremonial
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, yarn, fabric, feathers, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Polacca; First Mesa; Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | height 10 1/2 in.; 26.67 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1981.25.19
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This kachina's face is split into a turquoise half and a yellow half, with a white spot representing his forehead. He has black yarn hair, as well as a small feather headpiece. With painted eyes and a carved mouth, the kachina wears a black yarn sash across his white and red painted chest. His arm, which carries a gourd rattle, features a black yarn bracelet. His other arm carries a Juniper or Douglas Fir branch (similar to the neckpiece that he wears). Around his waist is a rather simple, woven white sash, as well as a white (and somewhat decorated) apron. With white legs and white boots, he dances on top of a flat wooden stand. He was likely made for tourist consumers. AP2018
Tags:
men; religion; ceremonies; kachina dolls Link to share this object record:
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