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Object Number 45-25-10/28844
Display Title Sootukwnang Katsina (Star or Warrior Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Qaleetaqa; Sotuknangu; cc:Cotukinunwu
Object Description Sootukwnang Katsina carved from cottonwood root. [ Cotukinunwu (Heart of all the sky god)].This Katsina is painted white, red, black, yellow, purple. It has a single horn, or wears a peaked hat, a traditional kilt white with purple and black and has on a cotton fabric belt or sash.
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., horn/fluff on head, fabric belt, mended
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / First Mesa
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / First Mesa / Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 28.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 cm (11 1/4 x 3 7/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28844
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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