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Katsina doll
Arizona
Carved by Hopi Chief Wilson Tawaquaptewa
Oraibi, (1873-1960)
Circa 1930s-1940s
Carved wood (cottonwood) and pigments
Height: 15.5 cm – 6 in.
Provenance
Ex collection Alan Kessler, Santa Fe
Ex collection Galerie Flak, Paris, acquise du précédent en 2013
Ex collection privée parisienne depuis 2013
Published:
“L’Appel des Kachinas – Katsina Calling”, Ed. L’Enfance de l’Art, 2024, page 70
Tawaquaptewa Heheya katsina doll 15.5 cm / Galerie Flak
Price: on request
Katsina dolls (or kachina) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, Katsina dolls constituted a teaching tool allowing them to familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and perpetuating knowledge of the founding myths on which their society was based.
This doll, a variant of Heheya Katsina, is the work of a Hopi master carver, Wilson Tawaquaptewa (1873-1960).
Oraibi chief W. Tawaquaptewa was both a prominent a spiritual and political Hopi leader; he is also celebrated as the greatest Hopi kachina doll carver.
A major exhibition of W. Tawaquaptewa's works was notably presented a few years ago at the Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama, USA).
This doll, a variant of Heheya Katsina, is the work of a Hopi master carver, Wilson Tawaquaptewa (1873-1960).
Oraibi chief W. Tawaquaptewa was both a prominent a spiritual and political Hopi leader; he is also celebrated as the greatest Hopi kachina doll carver.
A major exhibition of W. Tawaquaptewa's works was notably presented a few years ago at the Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama, USA).
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