Detail View: Image Archives: Masao Kachina Doll
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File Name:
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IV.CI-AC.5543.D.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.CI-AC.5543.D
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collection:
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Anthropology
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title:
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Masao Kachina Doll
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creator:
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Richard M. Wicker
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creator type:
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Photographer
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creator:
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Jenny Rodger
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creator type:
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creator digital collection
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description:
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A Devil kachina who carries dead person's bones around with him. A round head painted red with green and yellow spots. The eyes and mouth are made of cornhusk rings. The body is ashen-white with clay-painted wood and a cloth robe. A painted cloth ruff fastened to twigs and a cloth skirt representing a rabbit skin blanket. It carries a yucca leaf whip. The Hopi recognize approximately thirty-six major supernatural beings or deities. Masao rules the earth's surface, which he allotted to the Hopis, and the underworld, where he terrifies all as the diety of death.
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date:
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Jan. 10, 2011
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date type:
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date of photograph
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date:
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1870-1910
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date type:
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date of creation
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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modified:
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No
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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1.19 MB
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source:
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Nikon D300, Born Digital
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rights:
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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