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Object Number
45-25-10/28901
Display Title
Wupamo Katsina (Long Mouth or Guard Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Wupamo Katsina (Long Mouth or Guard Katsina); Wupamo´katsina(great rain cloud god)
Object Description
Wupamo Katsina carved from cottonwood root with a fur colloar and feathers attached. The Wupamo has a round face with bulging eyes and a beak like mouth with its tounge hanging out. It is wearing a traditional kilt painted black and white, the body is orange with black and yellow semi-circles and stripes.
Inventory Description
Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., fur ruff, feathers at head, 1 stick, tongu
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 21.3 x 10.8 x 6.6 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28901
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(05/05/1945)
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