Lot Essay
Attached tag reads: "Teuk-Sio (Zuni) Kachina. A very old type of Zuni origin."
Details
A HOPI COTTONWOOD KACHINA DOLL
Representing Tasaf, standing with bent arms at sides, wearing white kilt and orange shirt with red, green, and blue decorations, yellow pigmented "beak" nose, protruding yellow ears, "pot lid" eyes, white case mask, red pigment on top of head and sides
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
Representing Tasaf, standing with bent arms at sides, wearing white kilt and orange shirt with red, green, and blue decorations, yellow pigmented "beak" nose, protruding yellow ears, "pot lid" eyes, white case mask, red pigment on top of head and sides
8¾in. (22.2cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by present owner from William B. Sanborn in 1951.