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A RARE PAIR OF HOPI COTTONWOOD SNAKE PRIESTS
representing the Carrier and the Hugger, each in a dancing posture, with slightly bent legs and articulated arms, wearing a hide kilt, painted with a classic water serpent, and sash with thick fringe, the Carrier with a hide snake obscuring the mouth, the Hugger with a slit mouth, each with black face paint, circular eyes, and tapering coiffure, a stylized feather cluster carved in subtle relief at back; metal stands
Heights: the Carrier, 11¾ in. (29.9 cm.); the Hugger, 12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) (2)
representing the Carrier and the Hugger, each in a dancing posture, with slightly bent legs and articulated arms, wearing a hide kilt, painted with a classic water serpent, and sash with thick fringe, the Carrier with a hide snake obscuring the mouth, the Hugger with a slit mouth, each with black face paint, circular eyes, and tapering coiffure, a stylized feather cluster carved in subtle relief at back; metal stands
Heights: the Carrier, 11¾ in. (29.9 cm.); the Hugger, 12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's May 25, 1999, lot 46
Ex-collection: M. L. Woodard
Ex-collection: M. L. Woodard