Butterfly Maiden Kachina, Garrett Silas, First Mesa Arizona + book Hopi Katchina Dolls...
Item Number: 188
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
This beautiful Butterfly Maiden Kachina is up for bids, hand-crafted by Garrett Silas of First Mesa, Arizona.
The Hopi Butterfly Maiden Kachina embodies the gentleness and good nature that the butterfly itself personifies.
This Hopi Butterfly Maiden Kachina is hand painted with blue as a primary color, the maiden is decorated with designs that represents the butterfly in Native American storytelling, along with representations of heritage and community.
The Hopi Butterfly Maiden Kachina does not have the wings attached (the wings broke off) they shouldn't be repaired, in Hopi belief Kachina's do not last forever and should not be toyed with as they grow older.
Height: 9''
Width: base 3''
Also item includes a paperback book called Hopi Kachina Dolls with a Key to Their Identification by Harold Colton a Hopi Indian will tell about how a kachina is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask. Small wooden dolls carved in the likenesses of the various kachinas are used to help teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions.
For more information on this book click the link from UNM Press for more information on the book.
Special Instructions
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