Native American Hopi Carved Ahote Warrior Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)--Blue--Vintage

Description

1994 Native American Hopi Carved Ahote Warrior Katsina Doll by Darryl Nehoitewa

A'hote is considered a good hunter. He may appear in any of the directional colors, the two most common being the Yellow (Sikyahote) or the Blue (Sakwahote) shown here. The A'hote is the Grand Katsina Uncle of the Mixed Katsina Group and appears in the Mixed Dances. The A'hote is painted in two different ways. He appears with planets on his mask. The other A'hote version has a "split" mask with different colors on each side. Both seem to be derived from a Plains Indian because he wears a long trailing eagle feather headdress. This is a substantial older carving by Darryl (1994) and was acquired from a private collection. Darryl was only 23 years old when he carved this Ahote from a single piece of cottonwood root.