A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). <em>Kachina Doll (Tsekohpastih)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, feather, cotton, wool, pigment, plant fiber, 15 x 4 5/8 x 5 in. (38.1 x 11.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund, 07.467.8439. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.467.8439_acetate_bw.jpg)

A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). Kachina Doll (Tsekohpastih), late 19th century. Wood, feather, cotton, wool, pigment, plant fiber, 15 x 4 5/8 x 5 in. (38.1 x 11.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund, 07.467.8439. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.467.8439_acetate_bw.jpg)

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Kachina Doll (Tsekohpastih)

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)

MEDIUM Wood, feather, cotton, wool, pigment, plant fiber

Place Made: Zuni, New Mexico, United States

DATES late 19th century

DIMENSIONS 15 x 4 5/8 x 5 in. (38.1 x 11.7 x 12.7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 07.467.8439

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION This Kachina has not been fully identified. He wears a helmet-style mask painted with zigzag designs and topped with feathers. He wears the cotton dance skirt, yarn ties on top of painted booties and yarn wrappings around his wrists. His snout protrudes, has painted teeth along the sides and a woven ring of plant material dangling from the end.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo). Kachina Doll (Tsekohpastih), late 19th century. Wood, feather, cotton, wool, pigment, plant fiber, 15 x 4 5/8 x 5 in. (38.1 x 11.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund, 07.467.8439. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.467.8439_acetate_bw.jpg)

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