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Hopi Crow Mother - Angwushahai-i Katsina Doll by Todd Talashom - C3531F
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Sep 2nd 2016, 3:49pm
In the 1980s and 1990s, I made bi-weekly trips to the Hopi Reservation to purchase katsina dolls from specific carvers. One carver whose dolls I particularly liked was Lowell Talashoma who lived in the village of Shongopavi. Eventually, Lowell introduced me to his younger brother, Todd, who lived in the village of Moenkopi. I discovered that Todd was producing exceptional carvings but they were not like those of his brother.
Lowell was slim and his carvings portrayed slim images. Todd Talashoma was a beefy person, not fat, just beefy, and his carvings mirrored his body style. I found it interesting that each of them carved in the likeness of their own body styles.