Happy Koshare Clown with Watermelon and Piki
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: Wood, paint, yarn, shell, corn husk, jewelry
- Size: 6-1/4 inches tall
- Item # C3868B SOLD
Fletcher Healing Hopi-Tewa, Fletcher is the great-grandson of Nampeyo and grandson of Annie Healing Nampeyo. Unlike the rest of the family members, he was not a potter but chose to carve Katsina dolls. He was known for making these seated clowns whose legs hang over from the shelf.
This Happy Koshare Clown with Watermelon and Piki has corn husks attached to his head covering. He also wears a shell and bead necklace, a bracelet on his left arm, carries a slice of watermelon in one hand and a roll of piki* in the other.
*Piki: a bread made from corn meal used in Hopi cuisine.
Condition: original condition
Provenance: from a client who lives in Santa Fe
Recommended Reading: Hopi Katsina: 1,600 Artist Biographies by Gregory and Angie Schaaf
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: Wood, paint, yarn, shell, corn husk, jewelry
- Size: 6-1/4 inches tall
- Item # C3868B SOLD
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