KACHINA

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

KACHINA

Entry/Object ID

143/3501

Description

Painted/black/Moki or Moqui in costume of Kachina Cha-Vey-Oh/presides at annual ceremony/gives good advice to the people/ by instructing them on how to live/Unruly boys are brought before him and frightened into good behavior by his hideous mask and threats

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Arizona

Culture/Tribe

Hopi
Native American

Notes

AKA Moki

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Kachina

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Religious

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

16-3/4 in

Parts

Count

1

Material

Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Good