Native American Indian Long Hair Indian Shalako Kachina Doll Navajo Made Artist Signed 0241-KD
Native American Indian Long Hair Indian Shalako Kachina Doll Navajo Made Artist Signed.
The combination of materials and artistry really came together nice on this piece. It was hand made by Bertha Lopez and Eloise Jones, master Navajo Kachina carvers from Ganado, AZ. This Shalako Kachina was made the traditional old fashioned way. It was hand carved out of a particularly nice piece of genuine cottonwood root. The Navajo artists used the natural shape of the root to help form the body on this one. This Kachina Doll was painted by hand with bright and vibrant colors to help bring life to the traditional designs. Plus, this Kachina Doll has been hand etched with the perfect amount of detail giving it a sense of rich texture. This Shalako Kachina Doll is 21-3/4" tall (including the wooden base), and about 2" wide. Signed by the Native American artist including census number and labeled Long Hair.
The Hopi Shalako towers seven or eight feet in the air, a long, shoulder-less figure that bows and dips as he moves in a most graceful manner. The Hopi Shalako ceremony is held infrequently. The basic intent is probably that of bringing the cloud supernaturals to the Hopi mesa and causing them to remain in the general vicinity of the villages and fields of the tribal lands.
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