| Catalog Number |
CAS 0520-0089 |
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| 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; First Mesa |
| Maker's Name |
Walter Hawto (b. ca. 1912) |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1930s |
| Collection Name |
Owings Collection (Hopi Katsinam) |
| Materials |
Cottonwood (Populus sp.) roots; Paint; Human hair; Leather; Feathers; Nails |
| Description |
3-dimensional carved figure in standing position, representing Tumae or Tuma-öi (White Chin Katsina); Figure wears carved and painted black dress with white maiden's shawl, and real leather moccasins with buckskin leggings; Mask is divided horizontally with the bottom half painted red and the top half being green on right side and yellow on left side; Head is completely covered with black human hair which is cropped just above figure's eyes and on sides, but hangs down the back and is held in place by a leather headband; Carved and painted neck ruff is black and white; Cavity on right rear shoulder suggests he originally carried a basket or similar item. (This katsina is always male, so hair, clothing, and moccasins on this figure are completely wrong.) |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 40.0, Width = 14.2, Depth = 12.3 |