| Maker(s): | Leslie, Sammie
| | Culture: | Native American; Hopi (b. unknown-d. unknown)
| | Title: | Warrior Mouse (Tusun Humitsi) Figure
| | Date Made: | 1960s-present
| | Type: | Ceremonial
| | Materials: | cottonwood root, leather, string, shells, cloth, feathers, paint
| | Place Made: | United States; Arizona; Polacca; First Mesa; Hopi Reservation
| | Measurements: | 13 in.; 33.02 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1985.38.5
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Katherine Gabel, class of 1959
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
The Warrior Mouse is seen with a gray head, carved ears and mouth, whiskers, painted eyes. Around his neck is a buckskin wrap with shells, matching the shells seen on his chest and wrists, as well as the buckskin wraps around his arms. With a painted white and red body, he also displays a painted blue polka dot pattern. He wears a buckskin apron with horizontal decorations resembling colorful lines and a black snake. His legs feature brown and red fringed boots. Standing in an "active" position, the Mouse Warrior holds a bow and arrow. Although not a kachina in the technical sense, he is placed on a wooden platform--common of kachinas and kachina like figures sold for tourists. AP2018
Tags:
ceremonies; animals Link to share this object record:
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