Special Value Offer: Hopi Second Mesa Qöqöle Katsina Doll [SOLD]

Special Value Offer: We have been authorized to reduce the price of this Katsina doll by 20% from the original price of $625 to a new price of $500.

Barton Wright states "He (Qöqöle) comes in a large group of many Qöqöle and their manas, on the last day of the ceremony (Soyal). Combining ritual with pleasure they burlesque other ceremonies while at the same time managing to 'open' the kivas.  Thus it is possible that at one moment the kachina may be very seriously marking the four sides of the kivas to allow the other kachinas to come and visit the village, and at the next moment be kneeling on the ground to shoot marbles. Frequently they imitate the women's dances of the preceding fall."  Barton Wright, 1973

At Third Mesa (Hopi Pueblo) villages Qöqöle wear old cast off Anglo clothing.  At Second Mesa villages, they wear the buckskins that are traditional as shown in this carving. The katsina face could appear in any of the six colors of the six directions because this is a directional katsina.

This is an exceptionally well carved small katsina doll.  He carries a rattle in his right hand and gifts for the children in his left.  His buckskin dress is splattered in raindrops which gives appearances of well-worn clothing.

Condition: very good condition with some abrasion of paint.  No physical damage to the carving.

Provenance: from the personal collection of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, collector of Native art and authors of The People Speak: Navajo Folk Art, 1994

Referenced Reading: Kachinas: a Hopi Artist’s Documentary by Barton Wright, 1973