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Native American Hopi Carved Crow Mother Katsina Doll by Oliver Poleyestewa
Crow Mother (Angwusnasomtaka) is Mother of the Whipper Katsinam and considered by many Hopi to be the Mother of all Katsinam. She is Crow Bride (Angwushahai-i) on Third Mesa probably because she talks or sings and comes dressed entirely in white. On the other Mesas she is Crow Mother. She appears during the Bean Dance (Powamuya) on all three Mesas. During the Powamuya, she supervises the initiation of the children into the Katsina Society and carries the yucca whips with which they are struck by the Hu Katsina. Later in the same ceremony, she leads other Katsinam into the village bearing in her arms a basket of corn kernels and bean sprouts to symbolically start the new growing season. Oliver Poleyestewa is being taught the finer parts of carving by Arthur Holmes Jr. Arthur is a remarkable carver and it won't be long until Oliver achieves that level. Click on numbered boxes below image for additional views.
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Oliver Poleyestewa |
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14 in. tall |
| Price: $1,100.00 |
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