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Object Number 985-27-10/59047
Display Title Hopi kachina (Malo kachina?)
Descriptions
Object Description Hopi kachina (Malo kachina?). Face is painted red, black, blue and white. 1 round ear w/ remains of feather and on other side are feathers and red fiber(?). Attached to head w/ string. Kachina is painted red, blue, black, white and yellow. Kilt is clay colored.
Inventory Description Kachina, wood, polychrome, feathers/red horsehair tied with string to side of he
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1985?
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Second Mesa?
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 8.4 x 6.4 cm (13 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/59047 & 24274
Provenance
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (08/01/1912)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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