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Object Number
45-25-10/28890
Display Title
Tsuku Katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tsuku; cc:Tcukuwympkiya
Object Description
Tsuku Katsina. Body is painted yellow, the face is brown with red stripes, wearing a cap made of hide,and a black breech cloth, carrying a bowl of food and piki bread.
Inventory Description
Kachina, wood, pigmented, wood bowl and piki, seed necklace, skin on head
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 7.4 x 7 cm (7 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28890
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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