Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina
Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina
Sunface Carving
Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina
Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina
Hopi Carved Kachinas

Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina

$275.00

Hopi Carved Sunface Katsina by John Fredericks

Sunface (Tawa) Katsina, the spirit of the sun brings warmth, shelter, a bright future  & is considered one of the more powerful Katsinam because the Sun is the brightest and largest of all the stars and essential to life & growth.

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Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina

Hopi Carved Sunface Katsina Sculpture by John Fredericks

Hopi  Carved Sunface Katsina Sunface (Tawa) Katsina represents the spirit of the sun. This leader of ceremonies brings warmth, shelter for the old, a bright future, and playfulness for the young and is considered one of the more powerful Katsinam because the Sun is thought to be the brightest and largest of all the stars and essential to life and growth. This is a sweet and very simply carved Sunface by John.

Dimensions:

11.5 in. tall

SKU

John Fredericks–4972

Hopi Katsinam are crafted to acknowledge celestial beings, significant animals to the Hopi people, and the ancestors who help with their harvest, raising their spirits as well as raising their children. The Hopi people believe that the Katsina dancers possess supernatural powers, though they are men from the village wearing masks and feathered costumes. There are hundreds of Hopi Katsinam, “personations” of supernatural beings, important animals and ancestors who help the Hopi people raise their crops, their children, and their spirits.

There are hundreds of Hopi Katsinam, “personations” of supernatural beings, important animals and ancestors who help the Hopi people raise their crops, their children, and their spirits. The Katsina dancers are men wearing masks–each of which represents a particular Katsina–and paint and feathered costumes. Everyone in the village, aside from the children, knows that the Katsina dancers are actually men from the village, though Katsinam are still believed to have supernatural powers. Much of the value in these dances is found to be instructing the young. Hand carved and collector items. Signed and numbered.

All his carvings are Signed and numbered.

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Additional information

Weight 5 lbs
Dimensions 24 × 12 × 24 in

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