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Object Number
45-25-10/28872
Display Title
Sio Salako Katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Sio Salako--Hopi version of Zuni Shalako. cc & object lable:Ohote. manta--dress.
Object Description
Sio Salako Katsina is painted with natural pigments. The mask has large bulging eyes, big mouth, with carved wooden feathers radiating out, with horns. The garment is painted like the feathered garment typically worn by Sio Salako weing a white manta (dress) as a cape. The cape is painted black with symbols of clouds.
Inventory Description
Kachina, wood, polychrome, horned, wood fan on head, hide strips at back of hea
Classification
- Kachina
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 31.2 x 18.5 x 11.2 cm (12 5/16 x 7 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28872 & 18
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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