Hopi Chakwaina Katsina [SOLD]
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Once Known Native American Carver
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: Cottonwood Root
- Size: 8-3/8" tall
- Item # C2508M SOLD
Chakwaina appears most often in January during the Kiva Dances, dancing in a line with lively gestures, stooping and turning and singing a spirited tune. It has been said that Chakwaina represents Estevan the Moor, who led Fray Marcos de Niza in search of Cibola and was killed at Zuni. Barton Wright, the noted Katsina expert, says this is not likely because Chakwaina originally came from the Rio Grande pueblos, migrated to Zuni, then to Hopi from Zuni.
Once Known Native American Carver
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: Cottonwood Root
- Size: 8-3/8" tall
- Item # C2508M SOLD
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