Kachina Doll
22622
From: United States of America | New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 22622 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Zuni |
| Provenience | United States of America | New Mexico |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Paint | Cloth | Yarn | Hide | Hair | Metal |
| Description | Wooden Zuni Katsina doll with movable arms. The face is painted white with eyes in the shape of commas. The mouth is a tube of leather split into three sections. The face is bordered by a black and white line. Tadpoles are painted on the back of the head. Black yarn is wrapped around the neck. A white, cloth blanket is worn over the body with painted designs along the edges. A feather is inserted into the blanket below the neck. |
| Height | 32.38 cm |
| Credit Line | Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902 |
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