A Hopi kachina doll
Property from a Carefree, AZ private collection
A Hopi kachina doll
A Hopi kachina doll
Depicting a female spirit figure or dancer, with the cheek markings of a Butterfly Maiden kachina, though not wearing a mask as seen by the more naturalistic nose and distinctly human eyes, wearing painted cotton garment and sash, one arm and its tableta now lacking.
height 14 1/4in

Estimate:
US$ 10,000 - 15,000
£6,600 - 9,800
€7,800 - 12,000

Footnotes

  • Ill:
    Holstein, Phillip M. and Erdman, Donnelley, 1979, p. 11, plate 1

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American


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Wes Sparling Bonhams
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