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Object Number 45-25-10/28878
Display Title Pangw Katsina (Big Horn Sheep Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term cc:Panwakatcina (mountain sheep god); Pangwakatcina
Object Description Pangw Katsina (Bighorn Sheep Katsina) carved from cottonwood root with Eagle feathers attached painted with natural pigments of green, orange, yellow, black, white. The Pangw is wearing a mask with horns, visor, and squash blossoms attached. Hanging from the visor are Eagle feathers; the ears are in the shape of squash blossoms. It is wearing a traditional white kilt and wearing a red sash of yarn aroung the waist. The body is painted orange with green and yellow.
Inventory Description Kachina, wood, polychrome, horned feathered 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
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / First Mesa
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 25.8 x 11 x 9.7 cm (10 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28878
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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