Kachina Doll (Tsitoto)

Arts of the Americas

ARTIST Henry Shelton, 1929–2016

CULTURE Pueblo, Hopi

MEDIUM Cottonwood root, acrylic pigment, yarn, feathers, metal bells, beads, plastic

Place Made: Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona, United States

DATES 1960–1970

DIMENSIONS 20 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (52.1 x 14 x 16.5 cm)

SIGNATURE H. Shelton on the bottom

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 2010.6.4

CREDIT LINE Gift of Edith and Hershel Samuels

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Tsitoto or flower katsina with body carved from one piece of cottonwood root. He has a multicolored-striped face and helmet-type mask, black slit eyes and a yellow bird beak. He has a bare chest painted yellow on the PL side and blue on the PR. He wears a white cape, and holds a rattle in his PR hand and plant fibers in his PL hand. He wears a beaded necklace and jingle bells on the bands on top of his boots.

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