Lot Essay
The doll probably represents Huhuwa, the Cross Legged Kachina (see Wright, 1994, p. 109, no. 57).
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A HOPI COTTONWOOD KACHINA DOLL
Wearing a white kilt with gray and black bottom border and red, gray and black geometric patterned sash along left side, body painted orange with yellow "sun" patterning, yellow painted armbands with black painted ties around wrists, hands painted white, face painted orange, gray, black and yellow, slit eyes, protruding snout with pattern arching over it, metal ornament at the center of crown
8¼in. (21cm.) high
Wearing a white kilt with gray and black bottom border and red, gray and black geometric patterned sash along left side, body painted orange with yellow "sun" patterning, yellow painted armbands with black painted ties around wrists, hands painted white, face painted orange, gray, black and yellow, slit eyes, protruding snout with pattern arching over it, metal ornament at the center of crown
8¼in. (21cm.) high