Katsina doll

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Katsina doll

Arizona

Tuskiapaya Katsina – Crazy Rattle Kachina doll
Hopi

Circa 1920
Carved wood (cottonwood root) & pigments, cotton
Height: 21.5 cm – 8 ½ in.

Provenance
Private collection, Santa Fe, USA

Crazy Rattle Katsina doll 21.5 cm / Galerie Flak Price: on request
Katsina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo Indians 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.

Tuskiapaya Katsina performs in Mixed Dances. He carries a bow and arrows during his dance. He dances to the sound of a rattle, hence his name (Crazy Rattle).
This spirit is associated with a historical / mythological episode of famine in Hopiland: his dance is a prayer for abundant food and the renewal of the seasons.

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