Hopi Polychrome Wood Kachina, depicting Sio Hemis

standing on squat legs, wearing a white kilt with woman's belt, spotted diagonal sash worn across the chest, and cylindrical case mask, divided by vertical bands, the elaborately painted tableta with rain cloud, rainbow and squash blossom designs.

H. Eliza Fain Collection

Sold Sotheby's New York, December 1998, lot 199

Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Wear to the lower right hand corner of the tableta as evidence in the catalogue image. Right arm is framentary, as are feet. Surface hairline split from top of case mask to skirt, stable.
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H. Eliza Fain served on the staff of the Indian School at Keams Canyon, Hopi, AZ, 1892-1896.