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Kachina Doll
Arizona
Alosaka Katsina – Germination God Kachina
Hopi
Circa 1920
Carved wood (cottonwood) and pigments
Height: 13 ½ in. – 34.5 cm
Provenance
Ex collection Steve Nelson, California
Large and rare Alosaka Kachina doll 34.5 cm / Galerie Flak
Price on request
Kachina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, kachina dolls constituted a teaching tool allowing them to familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and perpetuating knowledge of the founding myths on which their society was based.
This kachina doll is a superb and rare depiction of a Kachina God.
In the Hopi pantheon, Alosaka and Muyingwa are two brothers, deities of the Two-Horned gods / priests society. They live in the Underworld. They ensure the germination of seeds and the growth of plants.
Members of the Two-Horned society are associated with rain (hence the rainclouds symbols on the cheeks of this doll).
Alosaka and Muyingwa kachina dancers appear during the Powamu ceremonial cycle (Bean Dance).
This kachina doll is a superb and rare depiction of a Kachina God.
In the Hopi pantheon, Alosaka and Muyingwa are two brothers, deities of the Two-Horned gods / priests society. They live in the Underworld. They ensure the germination of seeds and the growth of plants.
Members of the Two-Horned society are associated with rain (hence the rainclouds symbols on the cheeks of this doll).
Alosaka and Muyingwa kachina dancers appear during the Powamu ceremonial cycle (Bean Dance).
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