Hehea Kachina
38718
From: Arizona | Walpi | First Mesa
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Title | Hehea Kachina |
| Object Number | 38718 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hopi |
| Provenience | Arizona | Walpi | First Mesa |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hair | Hide | Yarn | Pigment |
| Iconography | Hehea | Kachina |
| Description | A Heheya (or Hehea) Hopi Katsina case mask. The mask is made from hide and painted white with multicolored zigzag lines above and below red-painted, downturned eyes. A "T" shape is painted in green in place of a nose. Black hair is attached to the top of the head. One wooden ear has a circular disk at the end made of multicolored yarn. |
| Height | 23 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
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