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Kachina Doll
New Mexico
Kianakwe Kohan’ona Katsina
Zuni
Carved wood, piments, turquoise, fiber, wool, fabric
Circa 1900-1910
Height: 9 ¾ in. – 24.5 cm
Ex collection Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, USA
Ex collection Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, USA
Ex private collection, Texas, USA
Kianakwe Kohan'ona Zuni Kachina Doll 24.5 cm / Galerie Flak
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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.
This archaic kachina figure depicts Kianakwe Kohan'ona (White Kianakwe of the East) or Kianakwe Mosona / Kiamosona (Kianakwe Chief). The Kianakwe are mythical neighbors and enemies that the Zuni eventually incorporated into their own Kachina pantheon.
For a discussion of Kianakwe, see "Kachinas of the Zuni", Barton Wright,, 1985, Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, p. 74-77 and plate 20)
This archaic kachina figure depicts Kianakwe Kohan'ona (White Kianakwe of the East) or Kianakwe Mosona / Kiamosona (Kianakwe Chief). The Kianakwe are mythical neighbors and enemies that the Zuni eventually incorporated into their own Kachina pantheon.
For a discussion of Kianakwe, see "Kachinas of the Zuni", Barton Wright,, 1985, Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, p. 74-77 and plate 20)
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