Native American Made Mockingbird Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)

Description

Native American Made Mockingbird Kachina Doll by Sammie Walker (Navajo-Hopi)

The Mockingbird (Yapa) is one of the eleven bird Katsinam. It is said that the Mockingbird taught the people how to speak. This is a wonderful piece that is created in a style that is unusual today. Very few of the artists make the Native American dolls this way. The action is wonderful and the carving, painting and details are very accurate.