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Hopi Soyok Wuhti - Ogre Woman Katsina Doll - C3627B
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Mon, Jan 11th 2016, 7:34pm
Hopi Soyok Wuhti - Ogre Woman Katsina Doll by Kevin Pochoema, Adobe Gallery carries authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery an...
Read More Soyok Wuhti (Ogre Woman) Small Katsina Doll - C3627C
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Mon, Jan 11th 2016, 7:26pm
Ogre Woman Small Katsina Doll by Lester Quanimptewa, Adobe Gallery carries authentic historic and contemporary Southwest Pueblo Pottery and fine art.
Read More Subject: Hopi Kuwan Heheya (Colorful Heheya) Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Mon, Dec 8th 2014, 9:25am
This Kuwan Heheya Katsina Doll, also known as a Colorful Heheya Doll, hails from the Hopi Pueblo and is a prominent component of the Pueblo’s group...
Read More Special Exhibit: Katsina Imagery on Pueblo Cultural Objects [November 14, 2014 through January 31, 2015]
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Wed, Nov 19th 2014, 2:09pm
“For over 2,000 years, Native Americans of the Southwest have prayed to the great spirits to bless their world with good weather, abundant game and...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pueblo Navan (Velvet Shirt) Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Thu, Aug 29th 2013, 3:14pm
It is believed that the Navan Katsina originated at the Village of Moencopi on Third Mesa sometime after 1900. He is a very colorful Katsina with h...
Read More Special Exhibit: Hopi and Zuni Pueblos Katsina dolls from the estate of Tom Mittler
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Sat, Jul 27th 2013, 11:17am
Adobe Gallery will feature the collection of Hopi and Zuni Pueblos Katsina dolls from the estate of Tom Mittler, a former resident of Michigan and ...
Read More Subject: Hopi Older Unsigned Tasap Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Jun 14th 2013, 4:34pm
The Hopi have katsinam that honor and depict other tribes that are their neighbors, among them, the Navajo (Diné). This male version of Tasavkatsin...
Read More Subject: Hopi Soyokomana Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Jun 14th 2013, 4:24pm
Soyokomana Katsina is the Ogre Woman. She appears during the Powamu ceremony, accompanied by the ogre, Nataska. She approaches households begging...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pueblo Mudhead (Koyemsi) Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Jun 14th 2013, 4:04pm
The Mudhead has been named such because the mask and body of the participant is covered in reddish mud. According to Barton Wright, this Hopi pers...
Read More Subject: Hopi Seated Mudhead Painting a Tihu
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Mon, Jun 3rd 2013, 1:35pm
The Koyemsi are best known as Mudheads because of the color of their head coverings. The Koyemsi were imported from Zuni Pueblo in the late 1800s b...
Read More Subject: Hopi Piggyback Koyemsi (Mudhead) Katsina Dolls
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Mon, May 6th 2013, 2:43pm
Koyemsi or Mudhead Katsinas are probably the most well-known of all the Hopi Katsinas. They appear in almost every Hopi ceremony as clowns, interlo...
Read More Subject: Large Hopi Tasap Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Apr 12th 2013, 4:19pm
This is an exceptional Hopi Tasap Katsina doll carved from a piece of cottonwood root. Tasap is a Hopi representation of a Navajo God. There are Ho...
Read More Subject: Zuni Pueblo Unidentified Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Wed, Apr 10th 2013, 1:12pm
When we originally sold this katsina doll to a client in 2003, we were not able to identify it. Now that we have it back from the estate of that cl...
Read More Subject: Laguna Pueblo Mudhead Katsina Doll with Ceremonial Bowl
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Wed, Apr 10th 2013, 12:53pm
Very little is known about New Mexico Pueblo katsinas or katsina dolls so one must speculate when describing such. At Hopi, we know that Mudhead K...
Read More Subject: Zuni Pueblo Chathlashi Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Sat, Apr 6th 2013, 4:54pm
"After the Winter Solstice Ceremonies, each Kiva may give one dance before presenting their Kouupchonane performance, and the Hilili is frequently ...
Read More Subject: Zuni Pueblo Salimopia Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Sat, Apr 6th 2013, 3:23pm
This Salimopia is one of twelve Salimopia. There are two for each of the six directions. Each represents the epitome of youth, vitality, and beauty...
Read More Subject: Hopi Nayaiyataka Katsina Doll, circa 1961
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Sat, Mar 23rd 2013, 3:05pm
This is a rarely carved Katsina doll. He is considered to be a 20th-century import from the Rio Grande Pueblos and this is evident in his dress. He...
Read More Subject: Hopi Wakas'la'laiya (Cow Herder) Katsina Doll signed Hoyesva
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Sat, Mar 23rd 2013, 2:27pm
Peter Shelton, Jr. is widely recognized as one of the major carvers of Katsina dolls in the mid-20th century. He and his brother, Henry Shelton, ar...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pueblo Tasap Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Mar 22nd 2013, 2:12pm
This is an exceptional Hopi Tasap Katsina doll carved from a piece of cottonwood root. Tasap is a Hopi representation of a Navajo God. There are Ho...
Read More Subject: Hopi Pueblo Rugan Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Mar 22nd 2013, 2:06pm
Rugan is a class of katsinas that come in groups, accompanied by the Corn Maidens, who play on rasp musical instruments. There are various types of...
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