HOPI KATSINA ANTIQUE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN KACHINA LOW START~c1930 CHAKWAINA

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HOPI KATSINA ANTIQUE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN KACHINA LOW START~c1930 CHAKWAINA:
$195.00

YOU MAY RETURN THIS ITEM FOR ANY REASON IF YOU NOTIFY ME WITH INTENT TO RETURN WITHIN THREE DAYS OF ITEM\'S ARRIVAL AT YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU SHIP BACK WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS VIA USPS PRIORITY MAIL (I do not honor \'s 14 day return policy). I SHIP WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS OF YOUR PAYMENT, I WORK FULL TIME AND CAN OFTEN ONLY SHIP ON SATURDAY MORNINGS - PLEASE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ITEM IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 5 BUSINESS DAYS FROM PAYMENT TIL SHIPPING.

Here is an authentic, rare and Classic ESTEBAN THE MOOR HOPI KACHINA from about 1930 (1925-1935), AN ANTIQUE HOPI KACHINA, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR AGE - A WELL CARVED / PAINTED NATIVE AMERICAN COTTONWOOD KATSINA CARVING - NO NOTABLE DAMAGE. EXPECTED WEAR FROM AGE TO PAINT/FEATHERS. THIS KACHINA IS 11 1/2\" TALL AND 5 1/2\" WIDE AT HANDS.

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LOW START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The body is carved from a piece of the traditional Cottonwood - a tree that grows in washes and canyons where water is more IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AN OLD CHAKAIWNA OR ESTEBAN THE MOORKACHINA. THIS KACHINA REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF THEEXPLORER, A SLAVE WHO ESCAPED AN ATTEMPTED AND FAILED COLONY IN FLORIDA, THEN LED AN EXPEDITION INTO THE PUEBLO REGION. IT IS SAID HE WAS KILLED BY THE ZUNI WHEN HEATTEMPTED TO GET SUPPLIES AND WOMEN FROM style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">FROMWIKIPEDIA: \"Estevanico(c. 1500–1539) was one of the first nativeAfricansto reach the present-day continentalUnited States. He is known by many different names, but is commonly known asEsteban de Dorantes,Estebanico, andEsteban the Moor, orMustafa Zemmouri.Enslavedas a youth by thePortuguese, he was sold to a Spanish nobleman and taken in 1527 on theSpanishNarváez expeditionto establish a colony in Florida. He was one of four survivors among 300 men who explored the peninsula. By late 1528 the group had been reduced to 80 men, who survived being washed ashore atGalveston Islandafter an effort to sail homemade crafts across the Gulf of Mexico.

For eight years, he traveled withÁlvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca,Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, andAlonso del Castillo Maldonadoacross northernNew Spain(present-day U.S.Southwestand northernMexico). They finally reached Spanish forces inMexico Cityin 1536.

Later Estevanico served as the main guide for a return expedition to the Southwest. Spaniards believe that he was killed in theZunicity ofHawikuhin 1539. That is speculative, as the two Indians who reported back to FriarMarcos de Nizadid not see him killed but only assumed he had been.[1]Estevanico is considered a discoverer of New carved and painted by a master Hopi Kachina carver/maker - Hopituh Shimunuh - !!!

Excellent condition for age and a true Collector\'s item!!!!

Guaranteed authentic c1930 (1925-1935) HOPI Kachina.

SEE THE OTHER KACHINAS I AM LISTING NOW or SOON - I WILL BE SELLING SEVERAL MORE!

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