Zuni Katsina and Kneeling Cacique [SOLD]

Percy Sandy was born at Zuni Pueblo. After elementary school, he studied at the Santa Fe Indian School and at the Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California. Afterwards, he moved to Taos to live with his wife. Throughout his career Sandy preferred to work with watercolor to portray animals in nature as well as depicting Pueblo ceremonies. The influence of Dorothy Dunn and The Studio at the Santa Fe Indian School is evident in his work. He was also known as a muralist, having painted a mural at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe.

His work is cited in numerous publications and can be seen in the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico, and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in Washington, DC.

This image of a healing ceremony has two participants. Each is painted with detail. The figure on the right is holding feathers. He is dressed in an embroidered manta and painted moccasins. The case mask is rendered elaborately. The figure on the left is holding a basket and is sprinkling corn pollen on an altar. It is finely painted.  It is signed in lower right Kai-Sa.

Condition:  appears to be in original condition

Provenance: this Zuni Katsina and Kneeling Cacique painting is from the estate of a former client from New York

Recommended Reading: Classic Hopi and Zuni Kachina Figures by Barton Wright