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Since the 1500s, Hopi women made big-bellied canteens, based on Spanish prototypes, and used them to carry water. By the late 1800s, canteens became popular with Euro-American tourists, who increasingly flocked to the Southwest in search of encounters with “exotic” Native American cultures. Thus, Hopi artists embellished their wares to improve their appeal. This example is painted with a face similar to a Katsina’s, a spirit being central to Pueblo religion—but it is a fanciful rendition, not an actual Katsina. Could the maker have been taking control of her culture and its consumption by outsiders?
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117143
label
Canteen with a Katsina-like Face
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object
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1
Source metadata
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117143
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object
title
Canteen with a Katsina-like Face
description
Since the 1500s, Hopi women made big-bellied canteens, based on Spanish prototypes, and used them to carry water. By the late 1800s, canteens became popular with Euro-American tourists, who increasingly flocked to the Southwest in search of encounters with “exotic” Native American cultures. Thus, Hopi artists embellished their wares to improve their appeal. This example is painted with a face similar to a Katsina’s, a spirit being central to Pueblo religion—but it is a fanciful rendition, not an actual Katsina. Could the maker have been taking control of her culture and its consumption by outsiders?
date
1890
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60781167
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21.5 x 24.5 cm (8 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
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Native North America, Southwest, Arizona, Pueblo, Hopi
accession
1937.708
Source extras
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ceramic, slip
tombstone
Canteen with a Katsina-like Face, 1890. Native North America, Southwest, Arizona, Pueblo, Hopi. Ceramic, slip; overall: 21.5 x 24.5 cm (8 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 1937.708
collection
AA - Native North America
creditline
Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White
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2026-05-29 06:05:10.826000
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117143
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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ceramic, slip
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1
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0
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photo
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