Katsina

ClassificationsSculpture

Culture Hopi

Datelate 19th to early 20th Century

Made AtWalpi, Arizona, United States, North America

MediumCottonwood root and pigment

Dimensions9 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 3 in. (25.1 × 9.2 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Prudence Brown

Object number7480

DescriptionThis Katsina might represent Sakun (red squirrel). Carved wooden Katsina with pigment. It has yellow, orange, white, and black colors. It has a domed hat with a small tassel. Ears are rectangular with two black squares. It wears a tunic with stripes on the torso and a decorated sash on its skirt.

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