Detail View: Image Archives: Hemis Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.8189.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.8189.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Hemis Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Kachina doll carved from wood. There is a case mask with half of face painted blue and half painted gold. It is surrounded by an elaborate tableta painted with phallic symbols and squares. It has a Douglas fir ruff and wears a kilt, woman's belt, fox skin and red moccasins. There are two strands of beads across one shoulder and chest. The body is painted with black corn smut with light colored half moons. It carries a rattle and a sprig of Douglas fir.
date: 
Feb. 1, 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: 
2.68 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science