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TWO HOPI COTTONWOOD KACHINA DOLLS
the first, representing Hochani, carved with semi-circular feet, straight legs, and bent arms hugging the torso in shallow relief, wearing traditional costume of kilt and sash, red body paint with yellow shoulders, surmounted by white case mask, with black band beneath circular eyes, tube mouth and tab ears; the second, very similarly carved and painted, with case mask featuring rectangular eyes, a stepped motif over the tube mouth and semi-circular tab ears
Heights: the first: 8¼ in. (21 cm.); the second: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) (2)
the first, representing Hochani, carved with semi-circular feet, straight legs, and bent arms hugging the torso in shallow relief, wearing traditional costume of kilt and sash, red body paint with yellow shoulders, surmounted by white case mask, with black band beneath circular eyes, tube mouth and tab ears; the second, very similarly carved and painted, with case mask featuring rectangular eyes, a stepped motif over the tube mouth and semi-circular tab ears
Heights: the first: 8¼ in. (21 cm.); the second: 8 in. (20.3 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's October 26, 1978, lot 139