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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

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