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Suy-ang-e-vif Left-handed Hopi Katsina

$ 1663.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Excellent used condition.
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    Description

    Black case mask with diamond shaped eyes, mouth showing teeth. and a beard. Cloth or fur ruff. Breech clout, body covered with antelope, sheep, or goat skin, with hair on. red moccasins. Black horizontal stripes on lower legs and forearms. Carries bow in right hand, and a quiver full of arrows over left shoulder. Appears in ordinary katsina dances, in Mixed Katsina Dance, and separately as a warrior. He is supposed to have been derived from the Walapai Indians. Fewkes, 1903; Stephen, 1936; Earl and Kennard, 1938.
    Height:8 1/2"
    Width:2 1/4"