Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
2022.6.9 |
Object Name |
Kachina |
Other Name |
Katsina |
Artist/Creator |
Yowytewa, Earl |
Culture |
Hopi |
Material |
Wood/Paint/Feather/Yarn/Hide/Fiber |
Description |
Corn Ruff Whipper (Silaqapngöntaqa/Silkafragoingtaqa) katsina on a cylindrical wooden platform. He is a participant of the Powamu (Bean Dance). Blue case mask with red ears and a wide mouth. He wears a feathers and short blue tableta on his head and has red yarn on his forehead. He has a fur neckruff and a wide hair beard. The figure is in a dance pose on one foot. His torso is painted white with brown linear designs and he wears a white kilt with red and black bands and a red sash made of [felt]. He has hide arm cuffs on both biceps and on his proper left wrist. The figure has green yarn around his proper right wrist and at both knees. He carries [bean stalks?/yucca whips?]. He wears hide fringe at his ankles. |
Dimensions |
H-24.5 W-12.4 D-9.7 cm |
Found |
North America; United States; Arizona? |
Place of Origin (if different than Found) |
North America; United States; Arizona; Navajo County; Hopi Reservation?; Third Mesa? |
Provenance |
Purchased by Dr. Midori Arima (Stanford PhD, 1990, Anthropology) either from a gallery or directly from the artist, during her masters-level ethnographic fieldwork with ceramic artists in Pueblo communities in the 1980s or later in life. Bequeathed to Dr. Arima's son, Adrian Arima. Donated by Adrian Arima to the Stanford University Archaeology Collections on October 04, 2022 to be considered a gift directly from Dr. Arima. |
Collector |
Arima, Midori |
Collection |
Anthropology; North America; Southwest |
Search Terms |
Hopi Pueblo Fur |
Exhibit Label Text |
Object Label from "Dolls Around the World" (12/03/2024 - 11/24/2025): Hopi Kachina dolls represent katsinas, the spirits of deceased ancestors and living things who became one with nature. Depicted as benevolent, anthropomorphic, or zoomorphic beings with powers over nature, they visit villages from winter to summer solstice and are part of ceremonies about the return of life. This doll depicts the Corn Ruff Whipper katsina (Silkafragoingtaqa), shown by the yucca whippers in his hands, his neck ruff, and the red yarn on his forehead. Corn Ruff Whipper helps Crow Mother initiate children and guards the more sacred katsina during the Powamu (Bean Dance), which celebrates the katsinas’ return and the start of planting season. |