| Maker(s): | Dukepoo, Buddy Lewis (possibly)
| | Culture: | Native American; Hopi (possibly) (b. unknown-d. unknown)
| | Title: | Black Ogre (Nataska) Kachina
| | Date Made: | 1930s-1970s
| | Type: | Ceremonial
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, yarn, felt, leather, shells, fur, feathers, metal, hair, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Third Mesa (possibly); Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | height 11 7/8 in.; 30.1625 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1981.25.17
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This distinctive Black Ogre kachina is known for his turkey feather headpiece, blackened face (complete with red ears, carved eyes, and jagged teeth), and tattered cloak or "cape" that he wears around his bare chest. He also dons a fur neckpiece, numerous arm cuffs, a black yarn bracelet, and a turquoise belt that holds a black loincloth. His hands are decorated with red and white designs, while his legs feature decorations and his feet wear short, fringed shoes. Although missing with this particular kachina, the Black Ogre usually appears holding a sharpened saw or sword, as well as a yucca stick--to threaten children with. He does not stand upon a wooden platform, meaning that he may have been carved for personal Hopi religious use, rather than for a tourist economy. AP2018
Tags:
men; religion; ceremonies; kachina dolls; mythology Link to share this object record:
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