Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki
Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki
HOPI KACHINA FIGURE
Auction Closed
November 19, 09:20 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
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HOPI KACHINA FIGURE
Depicting Honani
Circa 1880 or earlier
Height: 8 ⅛ in (20.5 cm)
Cottonwood, pigments, tanned hide
George Terasaki, New York, acquired in the 1970s
Alexandra Pascassio and George Terasaki, Kachina: George Terasaki Collection, Paris, 2008, n.p., cat. no. 2
Honani, or the badger kachina, is rendered in two distinct stylistic forms. The current example is the older of the two, in which form he is a healing kachina who receives Hopi villagers' prayers for the growth of healing herbs.