Kachina

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Kachina

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.191

Description

Kachina/wood/humanoid figure with a mask holding a basket forward/figure is draped with a white cloak and its mask has wings on the side/painted black, blue, red, white, yellow/cloak has a red, blue, and yellow triangle pattern at the bottom with geometric design at the top/mask has red wrapping around neck, red and black rope like design around a cup shaped design on the face/7"x4"x3"

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

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

7 in

Width

4 in

Depth

3 in

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018