Old Style Hopi Carved Warrior Boy Traditional Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)

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Old Style Hopi Carved Warrior Boy Traditional Katsina Doll by Raynard Lalo

Warrior Boy (Hakto) a diminutive of the Zuni name Yamuhakto, which means "carrying wood on his head." The Hopi adopted Hakto from a Zuni Katsina approximately a hundred years ago. Hakto appears in the Mixed Dance, and also dances with Sio Salako, the Rain Priest and the Cloud Guard.