Emery Kyasyousie Hopi Wooden Kachina Doll "Angwusnasomtaka"

Item Details

A Hopi wooden Kachina doll by notable Hopi artisan Emery Kyasyousie, titled Angwusnasomtaka. This figurine is hand-painted in warm, earthen tones, carved with a crow feather headdress to the side of its mask. It dances, draped in a Native patterned robe, while clutching a wicker basket with both hands. In Hopi mythology, the Angwusnasomtaka kachina is a mothering figure, the mother of all kachina and is also known as the Crow Mother in English. The figure is mounted to a carved wooden plinth and etched with a signature to the underside, which is accompanied by a sun symbol around an ‘E’. It is dated 1993.

Condition

- some dust to surface; wear to surface; sticker residue to underside.

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Item #

17ATL123-018