North America | Arizona
Kachina doll
Arizona
Salako Mana Katsina
Hopi
Prior to 1900
Carved wood (cottonwood), natural pigments
Height: 6 ¾ – 17 cm
Provenance
Ex collection Allan Stone, New York
Ex Sotheby’s New York May 2014, lot 116
Ex collection Galerie Flak, Paris
Ex private collection, France
Shalako Mana Kachina doll 17 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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