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Object Number
45-25-10/28823
Display Title
Si'o Sa´lako Katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Si'o Sa´lako--Zuni Shalako; Sio--Zuni; Sio Calako
Object Description
S'io Sa'lako Katsina carved from cottonwood root painted with pigment paint. The Sa'lako has a tablita (headdress) that resembles feathers and horns, the body is painted to look like it is wearing the feathered dress with a manta (dress) worn as a cape.
Inventory Description
Kachina doll, carved wood, polychrome pigment, slat headdress, horned
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1892
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Cottonwood root
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 26 x 11.5 cm (18 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Mary Hemenway, 1945
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Donated by
Estate of Mary T. Hemenway
(05/05/1945)
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