Lot 163
  • 163

Hopi Polychrome Wood Kachina Doll, depicting a Shalako Mana

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
wearing a white manta across her shoulders, and a case mask, with a hatched rainbow on the chin, red circles on the cheeks, rectangular eyes set wide apart and overhanging brow line, surmounted by an elaborate openwork tableta, carved and painted with raincloud motifs.

Provenance

Acquired from Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, NM in 2007

Condition

Overall wear, heavy in some places, butbasically good condition.
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