Hand Carved Sunface Hopi Style Indian Style Kachina Doll 0077-1701-KD
Hand Carved Sunface Hopi Style Indian Style Kachina Doll.
This is an impressive work of art. This traditional, Hopi Indian style Sunface Kachina Doll has been crafted with life-like beauty. This striking Sunface was made the old fashioned way, hand carved out of genuine soft wood. It was masterfully hand painted with traditional Southwestern Native American designs. The Sunface mask is large, brilliant, and expresses his positive and playful spirit. This Sunface Hopi Kachina Doll is about 7-3/4" tall including the wooden base and 3" wide. Richard acquired these fine Kachina Dolls at an auction unsigned, so we don't know who made them. We can only attest to their quality craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty. You will receive one from the group of kachinas pictured below.
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There are more than 250 different kachinas, each with its own separate attributes, representing everything from animals to abstract concepts. Kachina Dolls are models of the Kachinas and represent their likeness and traits. The dolls are gifts given to children and families in hope of future abundance and health as well as tools for education. The Kachina dolls of today's art market are a bridge not only between the spiritual world and mortals but also between Hopis and non-Hopis. The Hopi were the original Kachina doll carvers, using a single piece of cottonwood root. Their traditions were not isolated and soon the Navajo began carving in their own creative way, adding leather, feathers, beads, and turquoise. Each year Kachinas come, they walk upon the earth and they dance to bring life and renewal, distribute gifts to the children, and reinforce the connection between the spirit world and the people. When the Kachinas return to the spirit world at the end of the planting, they return with the prayers of the Hopi that we might all continue on this earth for another round in the circle of life.To learn more about how Native American Kachina Dolls are made click the link.
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