Name: Hopi Clown Katsina with Drum
SKU: John Fredericks--4596
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Hopi Clown Katsina with Drum

$450.00

Hopi Clown Katsina with Drum John Fredericks

His humorous and irresponsible behavior make him quite lovable. He accompanies the Chief Katsinam as well as the fierce guard and warrior Katsinam. The Clown has a complex ceremonial role, giving wisdom and advice as well as poking fun at unacceptable behavior.

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Hopi Clown Katsina with Drum

The Clown (Koshare) (Summer Clown) is known by many other names, including Kaisale (Winter Clown), Tsuku (Second and Third Mesa), Koyaal, and Hano (First Mesa) and Ho-e or Wo-e. This particular Katsina is a clownish figure that comes with the Katsinam during the late winter Powamuya ceremony. His humorous and irresponsible behavior make him quite lovable.

He accompanies the Chief Katsinam as well as the fierce guard and warrior Katsinam. The Clown has a complex ceremonial role, giving wisdom and advice as well as poking fun at unacceptable behavior. The Clown is said to be a glutton, always overdoing it whether he is making fun of the dancers, trying to get the children to behave during ceremonies, eating watermelon, or commenting on Hopi behavior. They are generally amusing and do things that no Hopi or anyone else would want to be caught doing. They are often depicted with a watermelon. This clown is drumming his heart out.

Dimensions:

10 in. tall

SKU

John Fredericks–4596

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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