HOPI KACHINA FIGURE

George Terasaki, New York, acquired in the 1970s

Andrea Portago and Barton Wright, Classic Hopi and Zuni Kachina Figures, Santa Fe, 2006, pl. 77 and p. 141

Alexandra Pascassio and George Terasaki, Kachina: George Terasaki Collection, Paris, 2008, n.p., cat. no. 26

Barton Wright notes that "the Flute Kachina, Lenang, is an important one for he is associated with the bringing of water, particularly to the springs that formerly furnished all the water for the Hopi villages." (Wright in Portago and Wright, Classic Hopi and Zuni Kachina Figures, Santa Fe, 2006, p. 141). Lenang appears here without his characteristic instrument, but the position of the mouth suggests its presence.