09-15-200109-15-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2074
September 15, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
252

Southwest Polychrome Wood Kachina Figural Group

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$7,475$6,500
Auction: Sale #2074 - 2074Location: BoltonDate / Time: September 15, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Southwest Polychrome Wood Kachina Figural Group, probably Hopi or Zuni, representing Mud Head Clowns, the bottom clown with black kilt and relief carved arms surmounted by another with no kilt, both with sack masks, the paired eyes and mouth in low relief, traces of pale red earth pigment overall, (the bottom figure with fragmentary feet),ht. 11 1/2 in. Literature: See Richard Conn, Native American Art in the Denver Art Museum, 1979, p. 233.
Estimate $3,000-4,000

Keywords

Southwest Polychrome Wood Kachina Figural Group, Mud Head , Denver Art Museum, Richard Conn