Katsina doll

Description

Katsina doll (tihu), Ho'ote, messenger to the rain gods, of cotton wood, painted white, black, light blue, red, yellow and green, with feather head-dress decoration: North America, USA, Arizona, Hopi, late 19th - early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1950.110

Collection

Americas

Object name

Katsina doll

Production information

Unknown
Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, North America

Date

Late 19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Hopi

Materials

Cottonwood, Feather

Physical description

Cotton wood, painted white, black, light blue, red, yellow and green; broken and partly repaired

Collection place(s)

Arizona, USA, North America

Associations

Denver Art Museum

Exhibitions

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

On display

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