Detail View: Image Archives: Tawa Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.6218.D-cover-back.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.6218.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Tawa Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Kachina doll carved from wood. It has a yucca basket mask with a pink and yellow forehead. The lower part of the face is grey and it has a triangular mouth. There are two vertical black stripes on each cheek and the face is completely surrounded by radiating eagle feathers. It wears a kilt, sash and grey and yellow moccasins. It has orange and yellow body paint and carries a rattle and an eagle feather. It represents the spirit of the Sun God and appears in regular kachina dance.
date: 
Feb. 15, 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: 
2.78 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science