HOPI KACHINA FIGURE

George Terasaki, New York, acquired by the 1970s

Alexandra Pascassio and George Terasaki, Kachina: George Terasaki Collection, Paris, 2008, n.p., cat. no. 34

The Konin or Havasupai kachina is the Hopi representation of the Havasupai, a neighboring people who live to the west of the Hopi in Havasu (or Cataract) Canyon. The distinctive marks across the nose and mouth represent the typical face paint worn by the Havasupai. This kachina usually dances with its female counterpart, Konin Mana (Wright in Galerie Flak, ed., Esprit Kachina, Paris, 2003, p. 130).