Jemez Sehundöle (Eagle Tail) Katsina Doll [SOLD]

This Katsina belongs to the Pecos Eagle watchers society.  They appear in the dalöh dance which may be danced in late December.  The mask is said to have been brought from Pecos.  There are two lightning bolts protruding from the sides of the mask and each supports a bundle of feathers.  A cylindrical stick protrudes from the forehead in front of the face.  The face is painted turquoise color and the body white.

Condition: very good condition

Provenance: from the collection of a family from Oregon to whom we sold this doll in 1984

Recommended Reading: The Pueblo of Jemez by Elsie Clews Parsons, Published for the Department of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts by the Yale University Press. 1925.