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Rare Hopi Palhik Mana Kachina Doll Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900 item# 1110030 (stock# 0-ka001)
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A Hopi polychromed wood kachina circa 1890. Depicting a Palhik Mana, standing on squat legs, wearing a manta, painted with red, blue, white, and black pigments, the classic sack mask, decorated in similar colors, with a hatched rainbow on the chin, rectangular eyes set wide apart and overhanging browline, surmounted by an elaborate openwork tableta, composed of a series of terraced panels joined together with twine, decorated with a series of semi-circle and line elements. Similar examples by th ...click for details

Hopi Polychrome Wood Flat-Style Kachina Doll Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900 item# 1086624 (stock# 0-ka002)
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Circa 1880. Probably a representation of Tasap, the "Navajo Kachina", with broad, slightly convex body, decorated with a series of narrow vertical stripes in red against a white ground, small circles indicating breasts(?) and necklace above, and angular arms with splayed hands painted in yellow and traces of green, the large case mask in a similar shade of olive green, and with projecting downturned beak, exaggerated "pothook" eyes painted in black, a notched panel along the ...click for details

"Hopi Polychromed Cylinder Doll c.1880-90" Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900 item# 819155 (stock# 0-ka003)
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Hopi Polychromed cylinder doll c.1880-90. With pop-eyes, snout, hands carved in relief, red stripe, red dots, green copper carbonate case mask. 5" in height. George Blitz collection, New York

Large Hopi Polychrome Wood Female Figure Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900 item# 1086626 (stock# 0-ka007)
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Probably a representation of Hahai-i Wu-uti, the "Kachina Mother", who appears as a principal actor in the "Water Serpent Ceremony", and at other dances, such as the "Niman Kachina Dance", of unusually large scale, standing on diminutive legs with arms bent and held to the front in typical dancing posture, wearing traditional black dress, woven sash with crisscrosses, and white manta draped over the right shoulder and at the front, her sculpted head with flattened f ...click for details

Rare Polychrome Wood Hopi Buffalo Dance Figure Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1920 item# 1098552 (stock# 0-ka008)
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A rarely carved secular version of the Buffalo Dance figure. Circa 1920. Having secular eyes, a buffalo dance headdress with horns, kilt, arm bands, and moccasins, and wearing a decorative, wooden, tail-like appendage. Excellent condition with only minor paint loss. In the four decades that I've been collecting and dealing kachinas, this is the first Buffalo Dance figure I've had. Dimensions: 8 1/2" tall.

Hopi Polychrome Wood Hemis Kachina Doll Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900 item# 1098553 (stock# 0-ka009)
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Hopi Hemis Kachina doll with tablita. Circa 1880-1890. Minor paint and wood loss. Dimensions: 14 1/4" tall.

Zuni Grandmother Kachina Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1920 item# 1098555 (stock# 0-ka010)
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Zuni Grandmother kachina wearing animal-fur white hair, earrings, a woman's dress with belt, traditional Zuni leather moccasins, and articulated arms. Early 20th century. Dimensions: 16 1/2" tall

Zuni Owiwi Hunchback Katchina -- 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900 item# 795087 (stock# 0-ka011)
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Rare Zuni Owiwi Hunchback Katchina, circa 1890-1900. Size: 10 1/2 inches, with pop-eyes, articulated arms, buckskin blouse and leggings, black case mask, untouched -- no restoration. Provenance: Tad Tribal Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. George Blitz Collection, New York State.

Hopi Polychrome Miniature Kachina with Red Ears Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1920 item# 1111855 (stock# 0-ka012)
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A miniature hand-carved Hopi Kachina circa 1940. With red, painted ears, a case mask painted half yellow and half blue, white, red, and yellow throughout, with a white and blue necklace, and carved, split legs. This is not a Route 66 Kachina, as indicated by it's split legs and hand carving. 3 1/8" tall.

Hopi Polychrome Miniature Kachina with Wool Hair Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1920 item# 1111858 (stock# 0-ka013)
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A miniature hand-carved Hopi Kachina doll circa 1940. With two wool hair suspensions hanging from the case mask painted in blue. Red, yellow, white, and black painted body, with blue feet, and carved, split legs. This is not a Route 66 Kachina as indicated by the split legs and hand carving. 3 1/4" tall.

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