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Object Number 45-25-10/28900
Display Title Tasap Ye´ii Bicheii Katsina (Navajo Ye'ii Bicheii Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ye´ii Bicheii; Tihu--effigy of Katsina the doll represents.
Object Description Tasap Ye'ii Bicheii Katsina (Navajo Ye'iiBicheii Katsina) carved from cottonwood root painted with natural pigment paint, with cotton and wool fabric used for clothing and a hide cape.
Inventory Description Kachina, carved wood, polychrome, leather cape, fabric clothes
Classification
  • Kachina
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 21.8 x 10.4 x 3.8 cm (8 9/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28900 & 1261
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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