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Object Number 45-25-10/28889
Display Title Tsa'kwayna Katsina (Warrior Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tsa´kwayna (Warrior Katsina); cc:Tcakwaina (black mud god)
Object Description Tsa'kwayna Katsina carved from cottonwood root. This Katsina is wearing a white kilt and sash carrying a bow in its left hand rattle (?) in its right hand, its body is painted black with yellow hour glass designs, the shoulders and upper chest are yellow eith a red and white necklace, the face is painted black it has its tongue sticking out.
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., skin covered head, fabric sash/kilt, bow
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 18.2 x 6.2 x 4 cm (7 3/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28889
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway

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