Hopi Antelope (Chop) Katsina (Kachina)

Hopi Antelope (Chop) Katsina (Kachina)

Hand carved. Intricately painted: Turquoise blue face with black and red accents. The upper body is wearing a blue top/shirt with white wavy stripes. The lower body is wearing a white skirt with red and tan trim. The legs are dotted in tan paint. Real leather moccasins adorn its feet. The headpiece has two curved horns painted turquoise and black. The blunt-end nose protrudes and is painted black with black/white diamond pattern. The hair is red yarn. Gray feathers stick up from behind the headpiece. A string of yarn is around its neck for hanging purposes.

STORAGE LOCATION

East Wall Storage - Cabinet 5

pre-1944

DONOR

INFORMATION/ PROVENANCE

Edna Sutton

Edna Sutton note, “Helen gave me the two lower ones Kabaleis gave [sentence ends abruptly].” a “Helen” and Mary Elle Humetewa, a Hopi, visited Edna Sutton c. 1944].

Cottonwood root, feathers, leather, and poster paint.

MEASUREMENTS

29.4 (L) x 7.1 (W) x 8.2 (D) cm; (11-9/16 (L) x 2-13/16 (W) x 3-4/16 (D)

ACCESSION NUMBER

ULV-JAEGR-2014-5872

The Antelope (Chop) is a game animal who dances to increase its numbers, bring rain, make the grass grow, and ensure that there is plentiful food.

Tribal Arts