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Object Number 45-25-10/28856
Display Title Sio Hemis Katsina (Home Going Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Sio Hemis--Zuni Katsina; cc:Sio Humis
Object Description Sio Hemis Katsina (Home Going katsina) wearing a tablita painted with cloud, rainbow, and dragonfly symbols with feathers attached representing clouds, the mask has white marks going down the center which represent the rain drops in pools of water. The body is painted black. The Sio Hemis is wearing a white, green, and black kilt. The shoes are green.
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., feathered tableta with visor, string
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: 19.5 x 7.3 x 3.4 cm (7 11/16 x 2 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28856
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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