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Kachina Doll
Arizona
Cradle kachina doll
Hopi
Circa 1890-1900
Carved wood (cottonwood) and natural pigments
Height: 7 ¾ in. – 20 cm
Provenance
Ex private collection, New York
Ex collection Galerie Flak, France
Ex private collection, France
Exhibited and published:
Marc Chagall : Le Triomphe de la Musique,
Philharmonie de Paris, Oct. 2015 – Janv. 2016
Chagall, Couleur et Musique,
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montréal, 2017
Beyond Hollywood: American Indian Identities,
Museu Valencià d’Etnologia (Ethnology Museum, Valencia, Spain), June-Dec. 2018
Cradle Kachina doll 20 cm / Galerie Flak
On request
Kachina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, kachina dolls constituted a pedagogical tool allowing them to familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and perpetuating knowledge of the founding myths on which their society was based.
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