Native American Indian HOPI Kachina Doll folk art wood

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is an authentic and VERY WELL CARVED / PAINTED or HO-E Kachina from 1982 and carved by VERNON MANSFIELD (see tag). He is in excellent condition for age - breaks to body or limbs. " Ho-e is one of the principal characters in the Bean Dance Parade on First and Second Mesa. His antics are the delight of the crowds as he fights with the Mocking Kachina or runs a foul of the guards. A favorite pastime is imitating the songs and actions of others usually with little regard for the important Kachinas he accompanies. He is loud and boisterous and totally lacking any sense of responsibility..." See pg. 80, B.wright. The Kachinas are spirits who live in the San Francisco Peaks (an "extinct" volcano) near Flagstaff, Arizona, they come down at certain times of the year to interact in their various forms with the Hopi People on the three ancient Mesa Pueblos. You can visit the Hopi Mesas to see them dance in their human form, t is even a hotel t now! I used to live at the Grand Canyon SR Village in the early 1970's and visited the Hopi Mesas often as a teenager...things have changed on Hopi Land since I used hang out t, they barely had electricity and TV antennas back then! Expertly carved and painted by a master Hopi maker - V. Mansfield (Google him). A Great looking and uncommon Kachina! He is from the CLOWN Category of Kachina - the clowns read more

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