Detail View: Image Archives: Malo Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.4418.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.4418.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Malo Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Kachina doll carved from wood. Case mask with one half of the face painted green and the other half painted gold. A tubular mouth with no ears, it has a blossom on one side and tuft of feathers on the other. It wears a kilt and green moccasins. The body is painted any common kachina style. It has twine around its neck for hanging on a wall. Appears in regular kachina dance. Depicts Malo-a Mony or Chief Kachina.
date: 
Jan. 20, 2011
date type: 
date of photograph
date: 
1910-1945
date type: 
date of creation
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
No
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
1.51 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science