Description:

Native American, Southwestern United States, Hopi Pueblo, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A charming kachina doll known as Tuskiapaya or Crazy Rattle Kachina, hand-carved from cottonwood to present wearing a blue case mask with stepped ears and a headdress crowned by 3 crests. Adorned with liberal remains of plumage, the elaborate vizard features a protruding, rectangular mouth, slit-form eyes, and a striped band across the forehead, while the figure exhibits a long skirt and a bare upper body painted with a red torso and yellow shoulders and chest. The Hopi Tuskiapaya Katsina s a variant of the Sikyachantaka Katsina, which is a very old Hopi Katsina. It is said that a long time ago when the Hopis were having a famine and the Spanish had driven off their sheep, they decided to have a katsina dance. At that time, Sikyachantaka did not have a name but one man in the village had a cow, and he killed the animal and fed these katsinas the entrails of the cow. Hence their name, “holding entrails in the mouth.” Size: 3.9" L x 4.3" W x 13.5" H (9.9 cm x 10.9 cm x 34.3 cm)

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Provenance: private Memphis, Tennessee, USA collection

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  • Condition: Missing proper left arm. Right arm and foot have been reattached with adhesive and break lines visible. Losses to feathers and light surface wear overall. Nice remaining pigments.

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