Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Zuni Pueblo |
Title |
Katsina - Rain Priest of the North (Saiyatasha) |
Date |
1950-1960 |
Medium |
cottonwood, cloth textile, feather, animal fur, paint |
Place of Origin |
Zuni Pueblo / New Mexico |
Culture |
Zuni |
Object ID |
1998.108 |
Collection |
Indigenous Art |
Object Name |
Kachina |
Credit line |
Gift of Berta and Adolph Wright |
Didactic Information |
Kachina dolls embody characteristics of the ceremonial Kachina, the masked spirits of the Hopi people. These dolls were originally given to children to be treasured or used for study. This is a "borrowed" Kachina, meaning that the spirit being has origins from the Zuni, the Hopi's nearest pueblo neighbors. It has been incorporated into the Hopi Kachina culture. |