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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
Muzribi Kachina doll ex Albert T Miller 23.5 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.
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