Description |
3-dimensional figure in standing position with articulated arms, representing Atoshle, who visits Zuni in January with his wife, Suyuki, to catch bad children whom they eat; Figure's body is painted red except for yellow shoulders and chest, blue right forearm, and yellow left forearm; He wears a brown leather kilt gathered at waist by turquoise-colored leather belt, carved and painted (mostly blue) moccasins, and yellow leggings; His case mask is pale blue with yellow dots and has bulging eyes, wide snout with bared teeth, large red tab ears, and leather neck ruff with black hair still attached; Leather strip with attached hair is also nailed across top of mask and black horsehair is attached along back of mask; He holds yellow snake in right hand and blue snake in left hand. |