Katsina doll

Description

Katsina doll or tihu, of wood, in form of a dressed dancing figure with long hair and beard holding a sword and stave, incised on bottom 'Ogre Lady Oliver Tsinnie '91': North America, USA, Arizona, Hopi Reservation, Navajo-Hopi, by Oliver Tsinnie, 1991

Museum reference

A.1992.140

Collection

Americas

Object name

Katsina doll, Tihu

Production information

Tsinnie, Oliver, 1964 (b.)
Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, North America

Date

1991

Style / Culture

Navajo
Hopi

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood, painted black, white, crimson, yellow, green and red

Collection place(s)

Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, North America

Associations

Collector: Idiens, Dale (NMS)

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, patterns of life