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Object Number 45-25-10/28874
Display Title Omowuh (Corn Maid) Katsina.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Omowuh (Corn Maid)
Object Description Omowuh (Corn Maid) Katsina. The mask and/or tablita are in the forms of clouds with small cloud designs painted on the tablita. Around the brim of the mask it is painted in red and yellow stripes. On top of the head and at the tops of the tablita are feathers. The body is painted white with red stripes. The right shoulder is green with the lower arm yellow, the left shoulder is yellow with the lower arm green.
Inventory Description Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., stepped tableta, feathered, flat body
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 22.5 x 11.4 x 4.8 cm (8 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28874
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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