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Object Number 45-25-10/28867
Display Title Ma'lo Katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Ma´lokatsina; cc:Malo
Object Description Ma'lo Katsina carved of cottonwood root, with feathers, horse hair and wool on its head. The body of this doll is painted pink, white, and yellow. The face is painted pink, white, and black. It is wearing a traditional kilt painted white green, red, and black with a yarn belt of red and green.
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., feather and hair headdress, yarn belt
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / First Mesa / Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 27.5 x 15 x 6.7 cm (10 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28867
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (05/05/1945)

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