Kachina Doll (Pookon) Item Number: 04.297.5560 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This kachina Doll is carved from one piece of wood. The entire body is painted black.This kachjina probably represent Pookon (Pookong) "of the sun" the elder of the War Twins in Hopi creation myth. (The younger is Balonga). The War Twins mother was Spider Woman and there are many stories about them.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Kachina Doll (Pookon)
- Identification Number
- 04.297.5560
- Type of Item
- doll
- Material
- wood, pigment, fibre cord and shell
- Overall
- length 10.625 in, width 3.0 in, height 1.75 in
Who
- Culture
- Hopi Pueblo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Sculpture