Lot 191
Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona or New Mexico, Hopi Peoples, ca. late 20th to early 21st century CE. "Home Dance Kachina, Hemis" by Tino Youvella (Hopi, active 1962 to present). This is a large and elaborate hand carved and decorated wood kachina doll with intricate details added in leather, feather, yarn, and plant material. Hemis Katsina is traditionally painted with black corn smut with contrasting light-colored half-moons across his chest as we see in this example. In addition, he wears leather and painted arm bands, and a painted skirt with leather belt and plastic plants, and a rabbit fur tail on the verso. Around his neck is a dried wreath of plant sprigs. The headdress tableta is finely painted with abstract phallic and cloud symbols and capped with bird feathers. Hemis appears in the Home Dance or the Niman Ceremony, and neither clown katsinas nor side dancers appear with the line of Hemis, only the Hemis Manas. Signed and titled on underside of base. Size: 9" L x 4" W x 20.5" H (22.9 cm x 10.2 cm x 52.1 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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#173248
- Condition: Arm reattached and repaired. Losses to feathers and implement in hand, and flaking to dried plant wreath when handled. Stable pressure fissure on base. Overall great condition with clear signature on base.
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