Old Style Hopi Carved Hoote Traditional Guard Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)

Description

Old Style Hopi Carved Hoote Traditional Katsina Doll by Leonard Honahnie

The symbols on the face of Hoote may be flowers, forecasting spring or, as in this case, the stars and the moon. The strip down the center of his face indicates the Milky Way. He appears in ordinary dances and at Niman (Home Going).