Kachina Doll (Kan-nachu) Item Number: 07.467.8437 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
The name of kachina is by Culin and may not be correct. This kachina wears a painted textile skirt with a painted textile, fringed sash. He has boots painted onto his feet. There are yarn ties at wrists and knees. The arms are attached with nails. The torso is painted reddish. The head is helmet-like and painted with a design, the lips of the mouth protrudes out from the face. The headdess is black and white feathers.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
Who
- Culture
- She-we-na
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Sculpture