Honan (badger katsina), unrecorded Hopi artist

Artwork Overview

Honan (badger katsina), late 1800s–1999
Where object was made: possibly Third Mesa, Arizona, United States
Material/technique: carving; Accipitridae feathers; shell; paint; wood; string; yarn
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 30.5 x 11 x 11 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 12 1/2 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift from the Menninger Foundation
Accession number: 2007.5978
Not on display

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Label texts

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body
According to Hopi beliefs, Badger (Honan) was a celebrated herbalist whose knowledge and wisdom was sought to cure the sick. Katsina figures like this one were once used to instruct the Hopi about the creatures who mediate between the mortal and spirit realms.
Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body
According to Hopi beliefs, Badger (Honan) was a celebrated herbalist whose knowledge and wisdom was sought to cure the sick. Katsina figures like this one were once used to instruct the Hopi about the creatures who mediate between the mortal and spirit realms.

Exhibitions

Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2021