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A HOPI COTTONWOOD KACHINA DOLL
puchtihu, probably representing Tasaf, the Navajo Kachina, with broad flattened body, painted with three stripes in pale red, and with angular arms and splayed hands in pale yellow, the olive green case mask with a projecting, downward turned beak, a ticked band on the chin, and large pothook eyes beneath an overhanging brow; metal stand
Height: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.)
puchtihu, probably representing Tasaf, the Navajo Kachina, with broad flattened body, painted with three stripes in pale red, and with angular arms and splayed hands in pale yellow, the olive green case mask with a projecting, downward turned beak, a ticked band on the chin, and large pothook eyes beneath an overhanging brow; metal stand
Height: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's December 4, 1997
Ex-collection: Miguel Covarrubias, Mexico City
Ex-collection: Miguel Covarrubias, Mexico City