Hopi Mid-Twentieth Century Hó óte Katsina Doll [SOLD]
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: wood, paint, yarn, feathers
- Size: 10-½” height
- Item # C4162L SOLD
This mid-twentieth century Hó óte Katsina doll is an excellent and accurate representation of the Hó óte Katsina. He wears a yellow triangle on his forehead with a red and green outline, which represent flowers. He has celestial markings on his cheeks—a star on his right and a moon on his left. His evergreen ruff is simulated with green yarn. Traditionally he wears a concha belt which is illustrated here with paint. He may wear a buckskin kilt with a Hopi embroidered sash hanging down his side. He has a gourd rattle in one hand and a bow in the other.
He is a particularly popular Katsina because of his well-liked songs. He appears as a group in the ordinary Katsina dances and sometimes in the Niman. His dance forecasts the arrival of flowers of spring. This carving was most likely made as a present to a Hopi female as it is meant to be hung by the string around its neck. It will not stand unaided.
Condition: this Hopi Mid-Twentieth Century Hó óte Katsina Doll is in very good condition
Provenance: from the collection of a gentleman who inherited it from his uncle.
Recommended Reading: Kachinas a Hopi Artist’s Documentary by Barton Wright with original drawings by Cliff Bahnimptewa
Relative Links: concha belt, Katsina Doll, Hopi Pueblo
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: wood, paint, yarn, feathers
- Size: 10-½” height
- Item # C4162L SOLD
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