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Hopi Pueblo Na-ngasohu Katsina Doll - C3805A
The Hopi Na-ngasohu Katsina seems to have several English translations-Planet, Meteor, and Chasing Star-and each publication shows the same Katsina regardless of the name under which it is described. Physically it is a handsome Katsina with an enormous fan of eagle feathers behind the head and back. It has a simple four pointed star for a face with no visible eyes or mouth.
This Katsina doll was sold to the current owner as Na-ngasohu but it does not resemble in any manner the published version of that Katsina. It was listed as a circa 1890s carving. Perhaps there is an older version that differs from today's version of this Katsina but I have not found a picture of one yet. Perhaps it is a different Katsina which I have not yet discovered in a publication.