Kachina doll, Zuni. Wood, pigments, cotton, hair on hide, yucca, resinous material, 14 1/2 x 7". The Brooklyn Museum.
Hopi katsina figures, also known as kachina dolls are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as messengers between humans and the spirit world.
Thank you Milda for this Hopi doll
Sent: 2 February 2014
Received: 12 February 2014
Travelled: 10 days
