Arizona
Hopi
Koroasta Katsina – Seed Kachina Doll
Carved wood (cottonwood), natural pigments
Circa 1920-30
Height: 7 ½ in. (19 cm)
Arizona
Hopi
Kau-a Katsina – Corn Kachina Doll
Carved wood (cottonwood), natural pigments
Circa 1930s
Height: 6 ¾ in. (17 cm)
USA
Cheyenne
Hide and beads
Circa 1870, Indian Wars Era
Ex collection D. Siegel, Tucson, Arizona
Published: “De la Tête aux Pieds”, p. 211
Catherine Legrand, Editions de la Martinière, Paris, 2017
Arizona
Hopi
Sio Avachhoya Katsina – Corn Kachina
Carved wood (cottonwood), natural pigments and feather
Circa 1890
Height: 7 ½ in. (19 cm)
Ex collection Charles Ratton, Paris
Ex collection Madeleine Meunier, Paris before 1964
Arizona
Carved by Hopi Chief
Wilson Tawaquaptewa, Oraibi (1873-1960)
Wood (cottonwood), natural pigments
Circa 1920s-1930s
Height: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm)
Mali
Architectural element (Support Post)
From Anakila Village, Plain region, Dogon
Carved wood
19th century
Height: 83 ½ in. (212 cm)
Ex collection Merton Simpson, New York (inv. #5795)
Ex private collection, Barcelona
Published (with images of the post in situ in Mali):
Togu Na, The African Dogon House of Men – House of Words, Tito & Sandro Spini, Milan, Ed. Rizzoli, 1976, pp. 112-113
Yale University GvR Archive 0000478
Published: Interiors, 2023
Alaska / Greenland
Group of Kayak Models
Inuit culture
Carved wood and hide
Early 20th century
Length: between 19 in. and 28 ½ in.
(48.5 cm and 72.5 cm)
Exhibited and published: A la découverte de la Culture Inuit, Cannes, Centre d’Art de la Malmaison, 2017, p. 37-41.
