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Catalog Number CAS 0520-0011   CAS 0520-0011; Katsina
Category Carvings
Object Name Katsina
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1960s
Collection Name Owings Collection (Hopi Katsinam)
Materials Cottonwood (Populus sp.) roots; Paint; Feathers; Leather
Description 3-dimensional carved figure in standing position, representing Angak'china (Long-haired Katsina), who brings gentle rains; Figure is bare chested and his body is a pink color and he wears carved and painted white dance kilt, wedding sash, fox skin tail, white moccasins, and leather armbands; Traces of green plant stems (simulating spruce boughs) remain around waist and armbands; Black case mask has carved black beard and carved long hair falling down his back; Face is painted turquoise green with rectangular black eyes; Row of small feathers are suspended across top of beard and bundle of mixed feathers is attached to top of mask; Figure carries carved gourd rattle in right hand, and simulated coiled basket and wooden stick in left hand.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 40.8, Width = 20.5, Depth = 17.8