A HOPI COTTONWOOD KACHINA DOLL

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A HOPI COTTONWOOD KACHINA DOLL

Probably representing an ogre, wearing a white kilt with geometric border, hide cape, holding a bloody knife in right hand, hair in the left, projecting snout, protruding eyes, curving horns, feather headdress, on the round base, signed on the base "Emil Pooley, 1975"
10¾in. (27.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

Annual Santa Fe Indian Market Competition, second prize winner, 1975.