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Object Number 45-25-10/28848
Display Title Hehey'a Katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Hehey'a. cc:Hehea
Object Description Hehey'a Katsina carved from cottonwood root painted with natural pigments with feathers attached. The face is painted yellow with black, orange and white designs. His body is painted orange with yellow shoulders. His arms are green and yello. He is wearing a traditional kilt painted green, red, and black.
Inventory Description Kachina, wood, polychrome, green parrot feathers at top, feathers at back of hea
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 9.2 x 6 cm (10 1/16 x 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 45-25-10/28848 & A
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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