HOPI, Arizona - Lot 426

HOPI, Arizona Kachina doll depicting a male figure with a black mask decorated with broken white lines and two arched motifs above and below the face. The sun-shaped eyes are painted white with rays. She is dressed in a large, light felt cape edged in red and black, held in place by a decorated white belt. In her left hand, she holds a small ritual pot adorned with polychrome symbols evoking clouds or rain; in her right, a bouquet of green wool evoking plants or harvests. Painted wood, felt, wool, feathers, various materials; marks of time Second half of the 20th century. This doll represents a Hemis Kachina, a major figure in Niman ceremonial dances, closing the cycle of Kachina apparitions. Carrying the attributes of rain and fertility, he is invoked to ensure abundant harvests and the continuity of natural cycles.