Large kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure has a square head, rounded, with feathers attached to top and left side, and a single ear emerging from the right. On a base of brown, face is painted orange, blue, black and yellow around the black slit eyes. The figure has a long round nose, painted blue and orange. A thin cotton string is wrapped around the neck. Head sits directly on the shoulders, with carved arms held close to body and fists at stomach. Torso is painted blue, orange and yellow, with a ‘v’ shaped chest decoration in white. A long skirt with black, orange and blue stepped patterning down the right side covers most of the legs, with large feet emerging below and attached to a square base.

Kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure has a large rounded head, helmet-like, painted dark pink, with a long black tubular snout set into a face decorated with one long painted eye and webbed patterning in blue and yellow on sides. A short, thick neck connects head to torso. Dark yellow arms are moveable, nailed on at the shoulders, and slightly bent at the elbows. Each hand holds a wooden knife attached by a nail. Torso is dark yellow and red, with a short white, blue and grey skirt below, revealing legs bent at the knees and feet attached to a square base of wood.

Large kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure has a long torso, painted light tan, with arms held close to body and fists at stomach. Square head has a black and white strip painted across eye area, and a black triangle for a mouth. Large square ears protrude from sides, decorated with a step motif in black and white, and a headdress in a similar stepped shape sits upright on head, decorated with feathers. A skirt sits at waist with patterning down the right side, above short legs and small feet. Figure is attached to a square wooden stand.

Large kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure is attached by nails through the feet to a square wooden stand (part b). Figure has a long torso, painted rust-red, with arms held close to body and fists at stomach, a wide square head, coloured a light green, with a long protruding nose and painted eyes and mouth. A thin twisted rope is tied around the neck and a red fringe of hair is attached to forehead. An ear protrudes from left side, and a bunch of tall brown and white feathers and down is attached opposite. A light tan skirt with small black linear design sits at waist, above short legs and large feet.

Large kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure has a bucket-shaped head with a flat top, feathers attached at top and back, and large rounded ears emerging from each side. Face is light brown, with a stepped pattern on each cheek in black, pink and green beneath large black slit-shaped eyes. Snout is a protruding tube. A thin cotton rope is tied around neck and hangs down back. Head sits directly on the shoulders, with carved arms held close to body and fists at stomach. Torso is painted dark pink-red with patterning in yellow and green. A short white skirt has black, yellow, green and red square patterning down the right side, with wide legs and large feet emerging below and attached to a thick square base.

Gift of John D. Gray.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.