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Object Number
45-25-10/28853
Display Title
Hemis katsina (Home Going Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Hemiskatsina AKA Nimankatsina, cc:Humiokatcina (Corn standing in rows god) Hemis--Jemez
Object Description
Hemis Katsina (Home Going Katsina) carved from cottonwood root painted with natural pigment paint with feather (fragements of) attached. The hemis is wearing a full mask and tablita with a stick shaped like lightening attached by a brass nail on the back. The tablita is shaped like a cloud painted green, red, black, yellow, and white. The body of the Hemis is painted white with red stripes.
Inventory Description
Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., stepped tableta, lightning nailed to back
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1892 or earlier
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 39.2 x 13.2 x 5.7 cm (15 7/16 x 5 3/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28853
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Donated by
Estate of Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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