MANANGYA Katsina Kachina lizard (Colton 69) Cottonwood... Lot 15

MANANGYA Katsina Kachina lizard (Colton 69) Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides, also known as American poplar), pigments, cord, wool. North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi. Wear, rubbing and patina of age, reported base. H : 20.5 cm Around 1940/60. Provenance and geographical origin according to the owner : Acquired in France in the 1970s/80s. Comparative elements in public collections : - Houston Museum of Natural Science, USA, Texas, for a Manangya in this form (ref 1991.112) - National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, USA, for a watercolor representing Manangya (ref 24/3888) Kachina of the lizard spirit of the second masa type, Manangya wears a green background bag mask separated in the lower part by a crenellated area with a brown background, with large red ears charged with sky stairs. The black eyes are edged with yellow, the prominent muzzle shows teeth. On the back of the mask is painted a yellow lizard. The body is painted in red and pink; the legs are separated and the arms are glued to the torso. Of Zuni origin, Managya first appeared in Hano in 1905 in a mixed dance. He represents the spirit of the turquoise collared lizard (crotaphytus collaris). Rare on the art market, our Manangya retains traces of knife cutting.