KOYEMSI katsina Mudhead kachina (Colton 59) Cottonwood... Lot 4

KOYEMSI katsina Mudhead kachina (Colton 59) Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides, also known as American poplar), pigments. North America, USA, Arizona, Hopi. Wear and patina of age, reported base, restoration to the arm, reported base. H : 21.5 cm Around 1940/60. Provenance and geographical origin according to the owner : Santa Fe, B.Will Knappen gallery, acquired in the 1990s. Comparative elements in public collections: - Detroit Institute of art, ref. 1997.28, for a Koyemsi comparable in size and quality. Koyemsi is probably the best known of the Hopi clowns. Called a mud-head clown, he dances in mixed dances, carrying a feather and a rattle.