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Object Number
45-25-10/28854
Display Title
Hemis Katsina (Home Going Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Hemis Katsina--Home Going Katsina; Hemis--Jemez ; AKA--Niman Katsina; cc:Humis
Object Description
Hemis Katsina (Home Going Katsina) dressed with full mask and tablita, cloth kilt, woven belt, embroidered cloth sash. The tablita has feathers and sandgrass attached to it. The body is painted black, it is carrying a rattle and wears yarn tied on its wrists.
Inventory Description
Kachina, wood, fabric kilt, woven sash, tableta with feathers, grain, yarn
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 16 x 10 cm (26 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
45-25-10/28854 & 18
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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