Kachina Doll (Kyanaque Kahana)

• Artist: Pueblo, Zuni (Culture)
• Medium: Wood, pigments, cotton, hide, wool, feather, paper, metal
• Dates: late 19th century
• Dimensions: 15 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. (38.1 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm)
• Collection: Arts of the Americas
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H7, TOP
• Accession Number: 03.325.4623
• Image: 03.325.4623_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Curator Stewart Culin, when he collected this doll identified it as kyanaque ko-ha-na or Kanakwe. In his 1907 diaries he saw a performance of the Kanakwe dancers in the plaza in Zuni. This doll matches the description of the regalia these dancers were wearing exactly