| Maker(s): | Youvella, Celestino (Tino)
| | Culture: | Native American; Hopi, Tewa, and Laguna Pueblo (1941-)
| | Title: | Yellow Warrior (Ahote) Kachina
| | Date Made: | 1962-1970s
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, leather, yarn, fur, cotton, feathers, shells, felt, canvas, string, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Polacca; First Mesa; Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | height 12 3/4 in.; 32.385 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1985.38.4
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This Yellow Warrior kachina is painted with yellow body paint. He wears a long, trailing feather headdress reminiscent of those seen amongst Plains communities. With carved eyes and a carved mouth displaying jagged teeth, he also has black paint and small "x"s on his cheeks, as well as red ears. He wears a fur neckpiece and a crossed chest sash decorated with shells. A black diamond is seen on his chest, and armbands (as well as a black yarn bracelet and cuff) decorate his arms. A buckskin and cotton sash is around his waist, complete with a black apron and green and orange yarn. He wears multicolored shoes, and holds a bow and arrows in his hands. Dancing on a wooden platform, this kachina was meant for the tourist trade. AP2018
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