Kachina Doll (Tsitoto)

Artist:Henry SheltonPueblo, Hopi

Medium: Cottonwood root, acrylic pigment, yarn, feathers, metal bells, beads, plastic

Geograhical Locations:

• Oraibi, Third Mesa, Arizona, United States

Dates:1960–1970

Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (52.1 x 14 x 16.5 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Accession Number: 2010.6.4

Catalogue Description:
Tsitoto or flower katsina with body carved from one piece of cottonwood root. He has a multicolored-striped face and helmet-type mask, black slit eyes and a yellow bird beak. He has a bare chest painted yellow on the PL side and blue on the PR. He wears a white cape, and holds a rattle in his PR hand and plant fibers in his PL hand. He wears a beaded necklace and jingle bells on the bands on top of his boots.

Brooklyn Museum