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Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_front.jpg)
Hopi Pueblo. Kachina Doll (Katsinmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_front.jpg)
Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_front.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. Kachina Doll (Katsinmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_front.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_detail.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. Kachina Doll (Katsinmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_detail.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_back.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. Kachina Doll (Katsinmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_back.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5565_acetate_bw.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. Kachina Doll (Katsinmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5565_acetate_bw.jpg)

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Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Hopi Pueblo
MEDIUM Wood, pigment
  • Place Collected: First Mesa, Arizona, United States
    • DATES late 19th century
    DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 04.297.5565
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION This Kachina doll is probably Qotsamanavitu, Snow Maiden. The doll characteristically has no arms and is carved with a cylindrical body. The head has two spools (similar to the historical hair style worn by unmarried Hopi women.) This Kachina accompanies the Hemis Kachina during the Niman ceremony-performed at the mid-summer and ends the Kachina cycle. The Hemis sing in low voices while the Snow Maidens sing in high voices. In the second part of the dance they kneel and play their gourd/rasp violins. Their songs are prayers for rain and a full harvest.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Hopi Pueblo. Kachina Doll (Katsinmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_front.jpg)
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    Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kachina Doll (Katsinmana)</em>, late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (19 x 14 x 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5565. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.04.297.5565_front.jpg)

    TAGS

    religious
    worship
    kachina doll
    Hopi
    Southwest
    Pueblo
    Native American
    wood
    Arizona
    primitive
    polychrome

    TAGS

    religious
    worship
    kachina doll
    Hopi
    Southwest
    Pueblo
    Native American
    wood
    Arizona
    primitive
    polychrome

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