HOPI KACHINA FIGURE

Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876-1947), Monterey, acquired when living near Oraibi between 1904-1906

Jo N. Mora Jr, Monterey, by descent from the above

George Terasaki, New York, acquired from the above in March, 1972

Andrea Portago and Barton Wright, Classic Hopi and Zuni Kachina Figures, Santa Fe, 2006, pl. 72 and p. 140

Alexandra Pascassio and George Terasaki, Kachina: George Terasaki Collection, Paris, 2008, n.p., cat. no. 7

Saitaka represents the Hopi's neighbours, the Navajo. Unlike the Sio Hemis (see lot 31), this is not a "borrowed kachina", but rather the personage of a Navajo, in much the same way that the Konin or Havusapai kachina (see lot 15) is the personage of a Havasupai.