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Native American Hopi Carved Tobacco Flower Katsina Doll by John Poleahla Jr.
The Tobacco Flower (Tsitoto) is an ancient Kachina who appears on all three mesas in many ceremonies. The Flower Katsina brings flowers, pleasantness and great beauty. The many bands of color and the multicolored feathers provide a rainbow like appearance, and he looks like a walking prayer for summer. However, one of his functions seems to be purification. In this role he carries a small bunch of yucca blades and strikes each individual that he meets a rather firm blow whether it be a child or adult, Hopi or White. The Katsina appears during Water Serpent Ceremony, Mixed Dances, Bean Dance (Powamuya) and Angk'wa. John Poleahla Jr. carves his Katsinam to make them more willowy and almost ethereal in their stances. As if the Katsinam don't truly touch the ground, but float above it. Click on numbered boxes below image for additional views.
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John Poleahla Jr. |
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13 in. tall |
| Price: $900.00 |
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