Description:
Large Hopi Wood Katsina, with white-painted body and short orange legs, forearms and shoulders also orange, the elaborate casemask with small mouth with chin segments of all colors and diagonal hachures on the cheeks, forehead with cylindrical object attached to it, large tablita with six staggered ends, elaborate painted embroidery on the kilt, ht. 18 3/4 in.
Provenance: Private collection, Newton, Massachusetts.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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Keywords
NewtonAmerican Indian & Tribal Art
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