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Carved Figure (Bulto) of Saint Joseph02.257.2425

A polychrome figure (bulto) of Saint Joseph set on a thick wooden base in a frontal pose with one foot in front of the other. He is dressed in a black short-sleeve robe with a red V-neck collar. A yellow cape with a step-shaped border is draped diagonally over the figure's torso. The skin has a yellow pallor and the eyes are painted white with large black pupils. Three floral motifs are painted on the front of the base. Smaller three-pronged motifs embellish the top surface. There is overall gesso and paint loss on the piece and fabric can be seen under the gesso on the back and sides of the base and cape. The entire left forearm has been broken and is missing.

Culture
Zia Pueblo
Material
wood, cloth, gesso and paint
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kachina Doll2010.6.12

Flute (Lenang) Kachina. Associated with bringing water to the springs he appears during the Powamuya ceremony in February. He had the PR arm raised and holds a blue gourd rattle and the wrist has a yarn tie. The PL arm is down holding a flute with feathers dangling from it while the wrist has a carved armband simulating metal with turquoise in the center. His PR leg is raised and painted blue. PL leg is down and painted yellow. Both legs have short blue boots, his knees are striped yellow and blue and both have a band of bells tied to them. The bare chest is painted flesh colored with yellow on the PL breast and blue on the PR. He wears a carved Hopi kilt. On his back he wears a multicolored yellow, blue and red backpack trimmed with red fringed yarn, topped with feathers and lower edged with cotton. Underneath this peeps out a carved wood fox tail. He has a blue face painted with diagonal yellow and black stripes in triangles on the cheeks, slit eyes and triangular mouth. He wears feathers on the back of his long black hair.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic paint, yarn, metal bell, feather, leather and cotton
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kolowisi Water Serpent Puppet04.297.5211

Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund

Culture
She-we-na
Material
wood, cloth, hair, fur, pigment, hide, feather and gourd
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Kachina Doll2010.6.11

Unknown type of Kachina Doll (possibly a Whippers Uncle (Tungwup) Taahaamo). This Kachina stands on both feet with PR arm slightly rose holding a white cane with a feather dangling from it. His PL arm is lower and carries a painted pouch and decorated flat "wand" which has feathers dangling from it. His entire shirt is wood, white and long sleeved with with black yarn ties at his wrists. He has a braided black yarn bandolier across chest from right to left. Wears the traditional Hopi skirt and sash with a carved fox tail in the back. He crouches a bit but both feet are down on base. His mask is helmet style, black with goggle eyes and a fierce open shark-like mouth showing red with white teeth. He has two straight horns, blue with feathers on the tips. Around his face is a white cotton ruff across the top and a fur ruff along the bottom. In the back of his head he has brown striped feathers.

Culture
Pueblo and Hopi
Material
cottonwood root, acrylic paint, yarn, feather, fur, leather and cotton
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Moccasin with Beaded Floral Decoration26.796

Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
hide, cloth and bead
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Snow Shoes50.67.76a-b

These are two very finely made square-toed snowshoes. Red Stroud cloth was used under the edge of the webbing along the sides of the snowshoes. Red and black tufts of yarn decorate the edges. The webbing is painted red in the two end sections and black in the center.

Culture
Chippewa
Material
wood, cloth and yarn
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Pouch with Painted Geometric Designs63.53.3

Gift of Annette Freund

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
cloth, rawhide hide and paint
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Shaman's Doll Riding on the Back of a Killer Whale62.82

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Culture
Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood, pigment, leather, human hair and feather
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Woman's Dance Headdress (I-sa-wa)06.331.8076

This type of headdress is restricted to women wearing it. The quill decorations are commonly used on many dance regalia articles in southern California.The decorations mounted on slender wires will move as the wearer moves.

Culture
Pomo
Material
fur, red shafted flicker feather, quill, glass bead, wool yarn, iron wire, cotton, wool cloth and cotton string
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Pair of Men's Moccasins46.96.9a-b

These modernistic looking design moccasins are beaded with green, pink, red and dark blue beads. The front flap consists of two long, narrow beaded tassels with a blue diamond design on pink background with decorations of tin tinklers and horsehair dyed orange.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
leather, bead, orange horse hair and tin
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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