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Kachina Doll
Arizona
Hopi
Muzribi Katsina – Bean Kachina doll
Carved wood (cottonwood root) and natural pigments
Circa 1900
Height: 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm)
Ex collection Albert T. Miller, 49 Steps Gallery, Los Angeles circa 1970s, inv. #158
Ex private collection Tucson, Arizona
Ex private collection, USA
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.
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