Detail View: Image Archives: Chakwaina Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.553.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.553.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Chakwaina Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
Carved wooden doll with a black head and body, its forearms and hands are white. It has a white buckskin kilt with nine metal conchos on its leather belt. It has a yellow cape, a scant beard, and white stars on its cheeks. There is a wooden bird on its head, a black rattle in its right hand and a bow in its left hand. It has a black face mask with pop eyes, and a leather tongue hanging out of its mouth. It has a buckskin kilt, sash, concha belt, and blue moccasins. The body is painted black with yellow shoulders and white forearms. "Brother to Warrior Woman, He-e-e" Appears in the winter and summer dances. Appears in Pamuya at First Mesa. Laguna: "Tcakwena".
date: 
Jan. 11, 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: 
1.39 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science