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Object Number 45-25-10/28894
Display Title Hehey´a katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Hehey´akatsina; Tihu--effigy of Katsina; piki--bread made of paper thin blue corn meal.
Object Description Hehey'a Katsina. Painted white with red designs on the body.
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., pegged skin on head, 1 arm mended
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 23.6 x 6.3 x 9.2 cm (9 5/16 x 2 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28894/ 1259
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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45-25-10/28898 Katsina Mana (tihu)
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Katsina (tihu)
45-25-10/28891 Katsina (tihu)
Figurine
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Tsuku Katsina
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Figurine
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Katsina (puchtihu)
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Figurine
Arizona
Tasap Ye´ii Bicheii Katsina (Navajo Ye'ii Bicheii Katsina)
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Katsina (puchtihu)
45-25-10/28895 Katsina (puchtihu)
Figurine
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Katsina (Tihu)
45-25-10/28897 Katsina (Tihu)
Figurine
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Katsina (Tihu)
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Figurine
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Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina)
45-25-10/28821 Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina)
Figurine
Arizona
Payakyamu Katsina  (Tsuku)
45-25-10/28888 Payakyamu Katsina (Tsuku)
Figurine
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Tsa'kwayna Katsina (Warrior Katsina)
45-25-10/28889 Tsa'kwayna Katsina (Warrior Katsina)
Figurine
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Hemis katsina (Home Going Katsina)
45-25-10/28853 Hemis katsina (Home Going Katsina)
Figurine
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