Native American Hopi Carved Roadrunner Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)

Description

Native American Hopi Carved Roadrunner Katsina Doll by Alexander Youvella Sr.

Roadrunner (Hospoa) appears during the nighttime Kiva Dances or during the Mixed Katsina Dances in the spring. He is one of many bird Katsinam of the Hopi. He is a side dancer and an inhabitant of the arid southwestern desert.