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Catalog Number CAS 0520-0029   CAS 0520-0029; 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. 1960s
Collection Name Owings Collection (Hopi Katsinam)
Materials Cottonwood (Populus sp.) roots; Paint; Wool yarn; Cotton string; Feathers; Commercially tanned leather; Shells
Description 3-dimensional carved figure representing Natukvika, a recently introduced katsina sometimes called the Half-Koshare (based on his body painting); Figure's body is painted in wide vertical and horizontal black and white stripes and he wears carved and painted white kilt with fox skin tail and rain sash, white moccasins with faux fur cuffs, blue and red yarn bandolier and leather and shell bandolier, leather armbands, and shell necklace; Case mask is painted with black and white horizontal bands on back and bisected into blue and yellow halves on front; Mask has red tubular mouth, green neck ruff, one black and white horn (similar to Koshari) on right and feather bundle on left; He carries rattle in right hand and bundle of green yarn (simulating spruce bough) in left hand.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 34.0, Width = 15.7, Depth = 16.7