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Object Number
45-25-10/28817
Display Title
Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tasap; cc:Taatangaya
Object Description
Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina) carved from cottonwood root, painted greeen, red, black, yellow, and white. On the head are Eagle feather plumes, the ears are made in the form of squash blossoms. Around the face is a rainbow, the eyes are characteristically Tasap Katsinam. This Katsina wears a white kilt painted green, red, and black. His legs are painted different color one green the other yellow. His nose and left arm are broken off and missing.
Inventory Description
Kachina, carved wood, polychrome, feather headdress, yarn ears, broken
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 9 x 5.2 cm (9 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28817
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45-25-10/28818 | Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28819 | Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28821 | Tasap Katsina (Navajo Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28900 | Tasap Ye´ii Bicheii Katsina (Navajo Ye'ii Bicheii Katsina) |
Kachina
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28815 | Makkatsina (Hunter Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 983-24-10/58867 | Tasap Katsina |
Figurine
|
Old Oraibi
| |
| 34-80-10/3674 | Painting of Navajo katsina man (Tasap katcin-taka) |
Painting
|
Oraibi
| |
| 34-80-10/3675 | Painting of Navajo katsina girl (Tasap katcin-mana) |
Painting
|
Oraibi
| |
| 45-25-10/28878 | Pangw Katsina (Big Horn Sheep Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Walpi
First Mesa | |
| 45-25-10/28885 | Tsivmung Katsina (Antelope Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28820 | Ta-cab Katsina |
Figurine
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28877 | Pawtiwa Katsina (Zuni Sun Katsina) |
Figurine
|
Arizona
|