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Object Number
995-29-10/74599
Display Title
Watercolor of Talavai katsinas
Descriptions
Object Description
Watercolor. Pueblo scene with three Talavai katsina figures. One katsina giving gifts to two children and two facing a kiva in the background and with their backs to the scene. The three identical Talavai katsina figures wear white case masks with red tubular mouths, red ears, and cloud designs on cheeks in red, blue, and yellow. They also wear feathered headdresses, pine bough neck ruffs, white clothing, turquoise necklaces, turquoise moccasins, and bands of bells below their knees. The central figure faces viewer and hands a pair of red moccasins to a young boy, while a girl to the left of the central figure cradles a katsina doll. Three onlookers stand in right background near pueblo. Signed by R. Naha in lower right corner. Tag on back says "Raymond Naha, Hopi- Father is[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Classification
- Painting
Subject
- Hopi
Department
Prints and Drawings
Date
1940s-1960s
Artist
Raymond Naha
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
McKinley County
/
<City>
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Zuni Pueblo
Materials
Gouache Heavy weight paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 38.2 x 51.3 x 2.7 cm (15 1/16 x 20 3/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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