Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki
Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki
HOPI KACHINA FIGURE
Auction Closed
November 19, 09:20 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
HOPI KACHINA FIGURE
Depicting Sotuknangu
Circa 1900
Height: 13 ¼ in (33.7 cm)
Cottonwood, pigments, fiber
Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876-1947), Monterey, acquired when living near Oraibi between 1904-1906
Jo N. Mora Jr, Monterey, by descent from the above
George Terasaki, New York, acquired from the above in March, 1972
Alexandra Pascassio and George Terasaki, Kachina: George Terasaki Collection, Paris, 2008, n.p., cat. no. 36
Sotuknangu is both a kachina and a deity figure (Heart of the Sky God). As a deity, he controls thunder, lightning and destructive rain. His peaked hat symbolizes the dangerous thunderhead clouds. See lot 11 for a longer discussion of Sotuknangu.