Kachina, work of Hopi chief and sculptor
Wilson Tawaquaptewa (Oraibi, 1873 - 1960)
Hopi, Arizona, United States
1940s-1950s
Wood, pigments, and feathers
H. 18 cm
Provenance :
- Collection Madame Thery-Atchevinsky, acquired in 1952 directly from the artist Wilson Tawaquaptewa
- Sale Neret Minet, Paris, March 26, 2003, lot 53
- French private collection, acquired at the above sale
The color palette used, the presence of black dots, especially on the back of the head, and the style of this Kachina are characteristic of the work of Wilson Tawaquaptewa (1873-1960), an important religious leader of the village of Oraibi and a major artist of the Amerindian world in the first decades of the 20th century. While rigorously relying on traditional Kachina carving techniques, Wilson Tawaquaptewa generally mixed motifs from ancestral Hopi symbolism with elements of personal creation (combinations of shapes, patterns and colors) in his work.
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