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Object Number
995-29-10/73493
Display Title
Pair of wooden kachina bookends attached to base
Descriptions
Object Description
Pair of wooden kachina bookends. Each bookend consists of a kachina head with brown neck ruff, turquoise case mask, red slot ears, and a feather fan backing the head. Mask has black triangular mouth, diagonal hachures of purple and red on cheeks , rectangular eyes- one purple and black and the other yellow and black, black headband with white dashes and matching vertical band on forehead. Mask possibly depicts A-ha or Ongchoma Kachina (compassionate Kachina).
Inventory Description
Sculpture, bookends? 2 carved, applique and painted kachina heads on wood base
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970s-1980s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Hopi mesas
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 25.5 x 7.9 x 10.9 cm (10 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Distance: 9.7 x 10.5 x 25.8 cm (3 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73493; K8 / 4H / 4W / 10L
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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