A Hopi Polychrome Wood Kachina Doll

standing on slightly bent legs, the left side of his body painted with a series of black and white stripes, carrying a shield, decorated with a star, wearing a cloth sheath tied at his right shoulder, a concho belt composed of cloth and tin, the case mask, with tubular mouth and pothook eyes, painted with an hourglass device, flanked by bright red ears, each pierced and tied with a beadwork earring in turquoise; a long horsehair coiffure extending from the brow line down his back.

Fred Harvey Collection

Acquired 1919, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Smithsonian Institution,  9/1007

Deaccessioned via exchange with Julius Carlebach July 15, 1946

Acquired from the above

Typical wear for it age including surface abrasion as evidenced in catalogue illustration. Otherwise, its in fine original condition.
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The collection history at the Smithsonian indicates that it was collected as a representation of Tshoshbushnaka.