Vintage Hopi Kachina figure. Cottonwood. Multicolor. Handmade. 15\".


Vintage Hopi Kachina figure. Cottonwood. Multicolor. Handmade. 15\

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Vintage Hopi Kachina figure. Cottonwood. Multicolor. Handmade. 15\". :
$520.00


Exact age is uncertain, though it is estimated to be circa 1940\'s. Hand crafted. Excellent condition for its age with slight scattered aging and wear. Feather show age darkening and wear. Flat finish paint. The figure wears painted accessories, a thin rope necklace, and deer skin cape. The only defect is very slight scattered wear of the paint, the ears show glue, he may have, also, held something else in the other hand as there is a hole for something, and there may have been something attached as the mouth as that area has no paint. The figure stands a magnificant 15\" tall. Black, white, green, brown and red.
History: Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as messengers between humans and the spirit world.
The katsinas are known to be the spirits of deities, natural elements or animals, or the deceased ancestors of the Hopi. Prior to each katsina ceremony, the men of the village will spend days studiously making figures in the likeness of the katsinam represented in that particular ceremony. The figures are then passed on to the daughters of the village by the Giver Kachina during the ceremony. Following the ceremony, the figures are hung on the walls of the pueblo and are meant to be studied in order to learn the characteristics of that certain Kachina.

Vintage Hopi Kachina figure. Cottonwood. Multicolor. Handmade. 15\". :
$520.00

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