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Katsina doll
Arizona
Ma’alo Katsina – Stick Katsina doll
Hopi
Circa 1920
Carved wood (cottonwood), pigments
Height: 15.5 cm – 6 in.
Maalo Katsina doll 15.5 cm / Galerie Flak
Price: on request
Ma’alo Katsina Dancer appeared during Niman (the Home-Going Ceremony) on the First Mesa and during Night Dances or plaza ceremonies in the other Hopi villages. His arrival was a prayer for rain and for bountiful harvests, hence the shape of his right ear resembling a squash blossom. It seems that Ma'alo dances have become increasingly rare over the past century, with this spirit gradually being replaced by other figures from the pantheon playing a similar role.
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