Detail View: Image Archives: Kwivi Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-A1526.4.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-A1526.4.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Kwivi Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Kachina doll carved from wood. A tripod of gray sticks on top of a white case mask with two brown feathers sticking up, black rectangular eyes, and a prominent red snout with gray tip. It has red yarn and white feathers for ears and red circles painted on cheeks. The right half of the upper body is painted turquoise and the left half is painted brown. A silver necklace is painted on the chest. The kilt is red, orange, yellow, gray, with blue stripes. It has two tan suede armbands and a red and black sash decorated with pieces of silver painted on it. It has brown moccasins with white soles. Its legs are white to the knee and the lower legs are black and red with green garters. Both extended hands hold a snake whip. Called Kwivikatsina in the Hopi Dictionary.
date: 
Jan. 20, 2011
date type: 
date of photograph
date: 
1945-1985
date type: 
date of creation
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
No
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
1.21 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science