Unidentified Zuni Pueblo Katsina Doll [SOLD]
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
- Medium: wood, feathers, and other materials
- Size: 9-½” height
- Item # C4638B SOLD
This katsina doll has attributes of a Zuni Pueblo Katsina, however, we have been unable to find a comparable katsina featured in the book Kachinas of the Zuni by Barton Wright. In consultation with a knowledgeable Zuni katsina expert, we were told that this is not an existing or known Zuni katsina. We are therefore posting it as a matter of importance to our clients who we feel would be interested in seeing this and, perhaps, interested in adding it to their collection.
We refrain from calling it a fake. Rather, we believe it is a carving made for the purpose of selling to a non-Native person. Perhaps the carver chose not to make an accurate representation of a Zuni katsina to be sold to a non-Native.
We hope this presentation is of interest and informative. We found it to be so.
Condition: very good condition
Provenance: this Unidentified Zuni Pueblo Katsina Doll was purchased from an Indian art dealer by a client from New York who now wishes to sell it.
Reference: Kachinas of the Zuni by Barton Wright
TAGS: Zuni Pueblo, Kachina-Katsina Dolls
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Zuni Pueblo, SHE-WE-NA
- Medium: wood, feathers, and other materials
- Size: 9-½” height
- Item # C4638B SOLD
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