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
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
HOPI KACHINA FIGURE
Depicting an Unknown Spirit
Circa 1885
Height: 8 ¼ in (21 cm)
Cottonwood, pigments
An old paper label to the reverse
George Terasaki, New York, acquired by the 1970s
Alexandra Pascassio and George Terasaki, Kachina: George Terasaki Collection, Paris, 2008, n.p., cat. no. 3
Some Hopi dolls are unidentifiable owing to the vicissitudes of age and neglect. Identification is especially difficult if the kachina's mask has lost its painted details, as is the case for this exceptionally old example.