Artist:A:shiwi (Zuni Pueblo)
Medium: Wood, hide, feather, fur, string, cloth, plant stems
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:late 19th century
Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (42.5 x 15.9 x 13.3 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 03.325.4610
Image: 03.325.4610_bw.jpg,
Catalogue Description: The name of this kachina is by Stewart Culin and may not be correct. This kachina has a corrugated fabric snake wrapped around his neck from front to back. He wears a fabric skirt painted with geometrics and tied with a sash. The shoes are made from hide, painted blue with reddish dark cuffs. He carries stick staffs in his hands, and wears leather fringed armbands around each arm and a fur cape. His chest and lower legs are painted red. His helmet style mask has a small, flat, painted head projecting like a horn on the proper right side. The ears of the mask are flat pieces with feathers sticking through as if earrings. There is a grid across the face of the mask with a zig zag line for a mouth. A black hair beard flows below the lower mask. Fur and feather remnants are across the top of the head.