Detail View: Image Archives: Navuk-china Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.443.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.443.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Navuk-china Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Carved wooden doll with headdress. This is an old type of kachina which apper in Mixed Kachina DanceWhite kilt, white roll at waist. Yellow legs; blue moccasins; black torso and arms, wide yellow collar, green ruff bottom of mask; black band forehead. Three carved flowers on forehead, small white feathers on top of head. Green case mask with three prickly pear blossoms across the top. Black bars for eyes; large tubular mouth. Douglas Fir ruff, white kilt; sash; blue moccasins. Body paint black with yellow forearms, lower legs, and upper chest, back and shoulders. This could be Qui-vee' kachina which has flowers on the head that are used by 'sport' kachina.
date: 
Jan. 7, 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: 
1.13 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science