A ZUNI POLYCHROME WOOD KACHINA DOLL
A ZUNI POLYCHROME WOOD KACHINA DOLL

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A ZUNI POLYCHROME WOOD KACHINA DOLL
Probably representation Pautiwa or Zuni Solstice Kachina, legs set apart and slightly bent, articulate arms with sculpted hands, wearing a cloth costume including a sash with painted decoration, applied red cloth at the neckline and on sash, leather ketoh on left wrist, case mask with remnants of white pigment, with linked eyes and tubular snout and ears
10in. (27.3cm.) high
來源
Originally acquired by well known anthropologist, Dr. H.P. Mera. Inherited by his granddaughter, Ms. Jane Carlson.

拍品專文

This doll comes from the "Winter Solstice" ceremonies. For more information on kachinas from these ceremonies see Wright, 1977, pp. 13-17 and pl. 1, also see Colton, 1959, p. 55, no. 150.