Artist:A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Medium: Wood, feather,cotton cloth, paint, shell, hide, hair
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:late 19th century
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (54.6 x 29.2 x 14.6 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 03.325.4647
Image: 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.