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Kachina Doll
Arizona
Qöqöle Katsina
Hopi
Circa 1900-1920
Carved wood (cottonwood root) and pigments
Height: 14 cm – 5 ½ in.
Provenance
Ex collection John Molloy, Santa Fe
Ex private collection, New York
Qöqöle Kachina doll 14 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 pedagogical 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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