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An expertly made katsina doll with cotton cloth and yarn sash and kilt | Donald Ellis Gallery

Hapota Katsina

Hopi
Arizona

ca. 1900

cottonwood, paint, cotton cloth, yarn

height: 14"

Inventory # S4347-3

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PROVENANCE

Frederick William Volz, Canyon Diablo Trading Post, Arizona
Likely The Fred Harvey Company
Robert Stevens, Fresno, acquired in the 1940s, then by descent
Christie's, New York, June 5, 1996, lot 46
Donald Ellis Gallery, Dundas, ON
The David Teiger Collection, Bernardsville, NJ

PUBLISHED

Brasser, Ted. J. Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2009, pg. 196

RELATED EXAMPLE

Wright, Barton. Kachinas: A Hopi Artist’s Documentary. Phoenix: Northland Press, 1973, pg. 141, for a 20th century artist's rendering of this kachina

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