Old Style Hopi Carved Planet Traditional Fearsome Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)

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Old Style Hopi Carved Planet Traditional Fearsome Katsina Doll by Samuel Masayumptewa

Planet or Star Katsina (Sotoknang or Sotuknangu) controls the movement of the stars and planets. He is a fearsome Katsina who can strike people with lightning, scattering them about in pieces. He then puts them back together, but when he does, they are put together all wrong. This Star/Planet is a Second Mesa version. He is like a comet and through his actions controls the motions of the stars and planets. This chunky little carving can stand or hang.