Kachina Doll (Kyanaque Kahana) Item Number: 03.325.4623 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

Curator Stewart Culin, when he collected this doll identified it as kyanaque ko-ha-na or Kanakwe. In his 1907 diaries he saw a performance of the Kanakwe dancers in the plaza in Zuni. This doll matches the description of the regalia these dancers were wearing exactly

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1875 and 1899

What

Name
Kachina Doll (Kyanaque Kahana)
Identification Number
03.325.4623
Type of Item
doll
Material
wood, pigment, cotton, hide, wool, feather, paper and metal
Overall
length 15.0 in, width 5.0 in, height 3.5 in

Who

Culture
She-we-na

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1875 and 1899

Other

Classification
Sculpture