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Object Number 45-25-10/28866
Display Title Ma'lo Katcina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ma'lo Katsina; cc:Malo
Object Description Ma'lo Katsina carved from cottonwood root, painted with natural pigment paints, with horse hair and Eagle feathers decorating it. The face is painted black, orange, and white. The body is painted orange witht the upper chest being yellow and white. The Ma'lo is wearing a traditional white kilt painted green black, and red.
Inventory Description Kachina, wood, polychrome, feathers, red horsehair/yarn at ears, mouth missing
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: 28.7 x 21 x 7 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28866
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (05/05/1945)

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