Hopi Honan - Badger Katsina Doll [SOLD]
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: wood, pigment, feathers
- Size: 8-1/4” to top of head
- Item # C3953J SOLD
The Badger Katsina is a healing Katsina. Prayers for the growth of healing herbs are given to him, and he then provides the herbal medicine. As all Katsinas do, he serves as a messenger for rain. He dances in the summer day dances.
The Badger wears a case mask with a snout. He has feathers for ears. He wears a bandolier across his chest fashioned from leather with shells attached, and a traditional Hopi kilt and a wide Hopi embroidered belt that drapes down his right side. Traditional moccasins complete the clothing. This is a mid-20th-century Katsina Doll.
Condition: Very good condition, repaired left foot
Provenance: this Hopi Honan - Badger Katsina Doll is from the extensive collection of a family from Oklahoma
Recommended Reading: Kachinas a Hopi Artist’s Documentary by Barton Wright with original paintings by Cliff Bahnimptewa
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: wood, pigment, feathers
- Size: 8-1/4” to top of head
- Item # C3953J SOLD
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