Katsina doll

North America | Arizona

Katsina doll

Arizona

Kachina Blue Ogress
(variant of Sohu Hu Katsina – Star/Whipper Katsina doll)
Hopi

Carved wood (cottonwood) and pigments
Circa 1940
Height: 16 cm – 6 ¼ in.

Provenance
Ex private collection, UK
Ex collection Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, London/Paris

Sold
Katsina dolls (or katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, Katsina 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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