Corn Planter Katsina

38824

From: United States of America | Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Title Corn Planter Katsina
Native Name Koroasta | Korosta
Object Number 38824
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Zuni
Provenience United States of America | Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Feather | String | Corn Husk | Metal
Iconography Laguna | Corn
Description

Round, wooden Zuni Katsina doll with movable arms. The face is painted green with a red, yellow and black border. The eyes are rectangular with upturned ends and the mouth is a protruding beak. The ears are red and have small corn husks worn as earrins. A painted, white blanket is worn around the body and has designs along the edges. This figure is the Corn Planter (Koroasta) Katsina, borrowed from the Laguna. (Colton, H. 1959 #173, Wright, B., 1973 #101)

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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