| Maker(s): | Lamson, Elman
| | Culture: | Native American: Hopi (1938-d. unknown)
| | Title: | Kachina
| | Date Made: | n.d.-1970s
| | Type: | Ceremonial
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, leather, plastic, feathers, yarn, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | 16 5/8 in.; 42.2275 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1981.25.21
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This unnamed kachina is unique in that he has a black, rounded head with blue painted geometric eyes, red ears, a blue carved mouth, and a carved green neckpiece (meant to symbolize Juniper or Douglas Fir). He wears a pointed hat that has red and white feathers dangling from it. His brightly painted body consist of blue, red, gray, and orange patterns, as well as a painted necklace. One wrist is adorned with a black yarn bracelet, and the other with a decorated cuff. He holds a small white object (perhaps now broken), and a bough of Juniper or Douglas Fir. Around his waist is a turquoise belt that holds a small white patterned apron. Black yarn ties are seen around his legs, with red boots. He does not stand upon a wooden platform, meaning that he might not have been carved for the tourist trade. Instead, he could have been used for religious instruction within tribal communities. AP2018
Tags:
men; religion; ceremonies; kachina dolls Link to share this object record:
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