Kachina Doll (Muluk Takja) Item Number: 07.467.8435 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

This Kachina has a red painted chest. His mask is helmet style, blue, with black slit eyes and a pointed snout nose. The PR side has a feather attached, the PL side a paper cone. He wears a painted cloth skirt, yarn ties around wrists and calves. He is missing feet. The back of the helmet style mask has a multi-colored dragon fly design and the back of his chest has a painted, narrow, yellow V stripe.

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1868 and 1900

What

Name
Kachina Doll (Muluk Takja)
Identification Number
07.467.8435
Type of Item
doll
Material
wood, feather, cotton, pigment, paper and wool yarn
Measurements
“12 5/8 x 4 13/16 x 3 1/8in. (32 x 12.3 x 8cm) Other: 12 5/8 x 4 13/16 x 3 1/8in. (32 x 12.3 x 8cm)” ?

Who

Culture
She-we-na

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1868 and 1900

Other

Classification
Sculpture