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Katsina Doll
Arizona
Monongya Katsina – Lizard Katsina Doll
Hopi
Carved wood (cottonwood), pigments and fibers
Circa 1930
Height: 10 in. – 25.5 cm
Provenance
Ex collection Mary Anna Brown, school headmaster at Holbrook, Arizona circa 1900s-1930s
By descent
Ex collection Mark Sublette,
Medicine Man Gallery, USA
Ex collection Didier Robin, Paris
Monongya Lizard Katsina doll / Galerie Flak
On request
Katsina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or deities 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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