A Hopi Polychrome Wood Kachina Doll, attributed to Wilson Tawaquaptewa

wearing a stylized costume, the case mask with a tubular snout, painted "rainbow" bars on the cheeks, and flanked by two large ears, each decorated with corn symbols and rainclouds, surmounted by a small tuft of red-dyed chicken feathers (domestic gallus gallus).

Both arms appear to have been broken and re-glued as well as the right ear, all with original pieces. Typical overall wear, slightly dusty. Small are of loos and missing pigments on the back.
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