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Kachina Doll (Kokopol)

Culture: Pueblo, Hopi, Native American
Medium: Wood, pigment, cotton, wool, hide, feathers, horsehair
Place Collected: First Mesa, Arizona, USA
Dates: probably late 19th century
Dimensions: 13 x 5 3/4 in. (33 x 14.6 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 04.297.5575
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 04.297.5575.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Male kachina doll with horsehair and large feather attached to top of head. Face is black with white horizontal stripes for eyes. A similar vertical stripe bisects face. Nose is cone-shaped and painted with pattern of horizontal stripes. Body decorated in red and light green. Belt is wide and made of white cotton twine. Right hand holds rattle. Back carved as a hunchback. Surface wear.

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