Detail View: Image Archives: Ang-ak-china Kachina Doll

File Name: 
IV.CI-AC.1164.D.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.CI-AC.1164.D
collection: 
Anthropology
title: 
Ang-ak-china Kachina Doll
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Jenny Rodger
creator type: 
creator digital collection
description: 
A green half mask with a feather beard. There is a black line over the beard with rectangular panels of all colors. It has long hair. There is a kilt, sash, and green moccasins. It has black and yellow body paint and carries a rattle and a sprig of Douglas Fir. Called Angaktsina in the Hopi Dictionary. "Ang-Ak-China, the Long-Haired kachina is an ancient kachina. It is said that when he dances, a gentle rain usually falls. Singing a melodious song, several Long-Hairs often act as a chorus for ceremonial corn grinding."
date: 
Jan. 10, 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: 
1.33 MB
source: 
Nikon D300, Born Digital
rights: 
Denver Museum of Nature & Science