| Maker(s): | Youvella, Celestino (Tino)
| | Culture: | Native American; Hopi, Tewa, and Laguna Pueblo (1941-)
| | Title: | Corn Dancer (Ka-e) Kachina
| | Date Made: | 1962-1970s
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, felt, yarn, plastic, feathers, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Polacca; First Mesa; Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | height 13 in.; 33.02 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1985.38.3
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This Corn Dancer kachina is unique in that he is painted gray and black, rather than in customary bright colors. However, he displays all of the usual signs of a Corn Dancer kachina, including perpendicular feathers on his head, ears with small "x"s painted on them, and a rounded head painted with multiple designs representing clouds and rain. He has painted eyes and a small yarn mouth, with a "wreath" of Juniper or Douglas fir around his neck. A black yarn sash is seen across his chest, with white armbands and black yarn ties on either arm. In his hands appear to be small bundles of sticks or wood. He wears a simple white belt with a black apron that is decorated with orange and green yarn. Wearing white shoes, he dances on a wooden platform--signaling that he was sold to tourists. AP2018
Tags:
ceremonies; agriculture; kachina dolls Link to share this object record:
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