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THBAntique Zuni Wood Kachina (Anahoho) w/ Gourd on Back
Lot 53
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Native American, Southwest, Zuni, ca. 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden kachina doll, one of the Anahoho Kachinas with a characteristic black handprint on its face (see more on the meaning behind this in the extended description below), white and brown feathers atop its head, and wearing a white-painted fabric garment with a black decorative hemline, red felt anklets, a sash adorned with colorful bands of stylized geometric motifs falling beside his right leg, a gourd vessel adorned by white hide tassels with metal tips on its back, a shoulder bag suspended from a strap across the chest as well as ear ornaments made from black yarns. Kachina dolls are usually associated with the Hopi, however, the Zuni Pueblo of New Mexico also has a rich history of kachina carving.Size: 13.125" H (33.3 cm)
Like the Hopi, the Zuni began carving kachina dolls to educate children about their religion's kachina spirits, but by the 1880s, they started to make kachina dolls to sell to travelers arriving by railroad. Although Pueblo cultures share kachina mythology, beliefs vary a bit from tribe to tribe as does how they make their kachina carvings. For example, the Zuni are known for adding clothing like this example. See a similar example at the Brooklyn Museum (accession number 3.325.4658). According to the curatorial description, Anahoho Kachinas represent "a pair of strangers sent by the gods to search for the middle of the Zuni world. They were accompanied by fierce Salimopea Kachina warriors. People were afraid of the warriors and hid their possessions on the rooftops, but the Salimopea threw the belongings down and destroyed them. When the Anahoho returned to their village, they found it burned and their brother Kiako missing. In sorrow they smote their faces with soot-blackened hands, leaving a handprint, as seen here."
Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection
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#161949Missing implements once held in hands. Expected surface wear with pigment loss to painted wooden and fabric elements commensurate with age. Metal tips of hide tassels adorning gourd on figure's back have developed a nice patina.Condition
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