Detail View: Image Archives: Angwusnasomtaqa Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.5019.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.5019.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Angwusnasomtaqa Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Green case mask with crow wings on the side, fox skin ruff, she wears a woman's dress and ceremonial robe with green moccasins. At Oraibi she carries a yucca whip, at Second Mesa she carries a tray of corn. The Crow Mother is mother of the Hu Kachinas and appears in the Bean Dance. By some Hopi she is considered to be the mother of all kachinas. Her Hopi name translated means "Man with Crow Wings Tied to."
date: 
Jan. 7, 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: 
1.06 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science