Kachina Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides), pigments,... Lot 26

Kachina Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides), pigments, cord, feathers. North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi. H : 40 cm About 1970 Imposing unidentifiable artistic kachina wearing a trapezoidal mask with a white background, topped with a feathered headdress, painted with mountain motifs on the forehead, slit eyes throwing red lightning bolts, cheeks charged with two storm clouds throwing lightning bolts on the face, and symbols of corn and a storm cloud on the back, all framed by two large square ears. The torso is red, charged with two large trickling streams on the shoulders. The arms are attached to the body and slightly detached. The kilt, white, carries a side scarf exceeding the bottom, and decorated with sky stairs and lightnings. The legs, separated, are red, shod with white.