Collections: Arts of the Americas: Kachina Doll (Hakjapa)

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Kachina Doll (Hakjapa)

• Culture: Pueblo, Zuni, Native American
• Medium: Wood, feather,cotton cloth, paint, shell, hide, hair
• Place Made: Zuni, New Mexico, USA
• Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
• Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (54.6 x 29.2 x 14.6 cm)
• Collections: Arts of the Americas
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 03.325.4647
• Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
• Image: Overall, 03.325.4647_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Pueblo, Zuni (Native American). Kachina Doll (Hakjapa), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, feather,cotton cloth, paint, shell, hide, hair, 21 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (54.6 x 29.2 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund, 03.325.4647 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.325.4647_acetate_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: The name of kachina is by Culin and may not be correct. This kachina has no visible arms and wears a long, almost sarong type, painted textile dress with yarn tassels on the bottom sides. The kachina wears leather boots with turned back cuffs. He has google, textile eyes sewn into the wooden mask and a long wooden snout with painted teeth. He wears a shell amulet painted on both sides and feather boa around the neck. The headdress is a large spray of striped feathers sticking out around the head.