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Catalog Number CAS 0520-0087   CAS 0520-0087; 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. 1950s
Collection Name Owings Collection (Hopi Katsinam)
Materials Cottonwood (Populus sp.) roots; Paint; Feathers; Pipe cleaners
Description 3-dimensional carved figure in standing position, representing Angak'china (Long-haired Katsina), who originated in Zuni Pueblo and brings gentle rains; His body is painted black with yellow shoulders and yellow stripes down arms, chest, and back; Legs are also painted yellow; Figure wears carved and painted white dance kilt with dance sash, sash belt and fox tail, Zuni-style multicolored moccasins, turtle shell rattle on right leg and bell rattle on left leg; Case mask has blue face with multicolored band in place of mouth, long beard with several white feathers; And cropped wig with front bangs and long flowing hair down back; Dyed yellow feathers on top of mask and one large one down back; He carries pipe cleaners (spruce boughs) in left hand and rattle in right hand.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 30.5, Width = 11.0, Depth = 10.0