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Object Number 45-25-10/28813
Display Title Hayah'wuuti Katsina (Mother of Katsina's)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Hahay´iwuuti; cc:Hahai wugti (ancient woman, mother of the gods)
Object Description Hayah'wuuti Katsina (ancient woman, mother of the gods). Carved from cottonwood root, painted black red, white, and blue. Wearing a traditional black manta with red and blue striped manta (?) as a cape. Face is painted with red stripes, turkey feathers on her head, yarn ringlets as hair.
Inventory Description Kachina, wood, polychrome, feathers of headdress tied with string, yarn hair
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 20.3 x 12.6 x 7 cm (8 x 4 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28813
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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