Doll "kachina" ·  North America, Hopi · ID: 3040718

Description

wood, kaolin, polychrome paint, wing-like projections on both sides of the head, remains of feather ornament, slightly dam., crack backside, abrasion of paint, base;
represents “angwusnasomtaka”, the “Crow Mother”. It is a chief “kachina” and often leads in a procession of important “kachinas”, particularly in the Powamu or Bean Dance. It walks with a stately sedate stride as it passes about the various “kivas” as ever larger numbers of “kachinas” join in its procession.

The object Doll “kachina” with the object ID 3040718 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 105 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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