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Object Number 2004.2.5
Display Title Katsina, Crow Mother?
Descriptions
Object Description Katsina (Crow Mother?) wearing blue case mask with projecting black wings with added duck down and blank facial area painted with a double triangular element in black. She wears a manta with black borders decorated with matching triangles alternating with sunflowers and holds a separately carved tray with three blue, yellow and white applied corn cobs. The tray is loose (2004.2.5.1) and shows evidence of having been glued into her open hands. Hole in right leg
Inventory Description Kachina, Crow Mother?, carved wood, painted, feather decorations
Classification
  • Special
Department Ethnographic
Date 1975 or later?
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 13 x 9.8 cm (11 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2004.2.5
Credit Line Gift from the Mischa Titiev collection
Provenance
Collector Prof. Mischa Titiev
Donor Robert J. Titiev (1/8/2004)
Donor Janice G. Titiev (1/8/04)

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