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Katsina doll
Arizona
Kachina Blue Ogress
(variant of Sohu Hu Katsina – Star/Whipper Katsina doll)
Hopi
Carved wood (cottonwood) and pigments
Circa 1940
Height: 16 cm – 6 ¼ in.
Provenance
Ex private collection, UK
Ex collection Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, London/Paris
Sold
Katsina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, Katsina 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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