Native American Hopi Carved Velvet Shirt Katsina Doll by Kevin Crook
Velvet Shirt (Navan'katsina) wears a ribbon shirt which gives him the name Navan (shirt) Katsina. He represents the blooming of plant life and focuses on the beauty of life, as indicated by the flowers worn on his forehead. This Katsina is very colorful; his songs are prayers for rain to sustain all life forms. Click on numbered boxes below image for additional views.