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THBLot of 2 20th C. Hopi Wood Kachina Dolls - Glenn Fred
Lot 103a
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- Lot Description
Southwestern USA, Arizona and New Mexico, Hopi Peoples, ca. 20th century CE, signed by Glenn Fred (active late 20th century). A pair of beautifully carved cottonwood kachina dolls. One is Angwusnasomtaka, Crow Mother, depicted with her large feathered headdress, holding a bundle of sticks. The other is Pachavuin Mana, the female version of Hemis Kachin Mana, played by a woman if masked (as this one is). Size of largest: 5.95" W x 13.25" H (15.1 cm x 33.7 cm)
Glenn Fred is a master Kachina doll carver, winner of the 1996 Santa Fe Indian Market Kachina Doll Division. His brother Jim Fred is also a Kachina artist.
The Katsinam, supernatural beings who live in the high mountains of the San Francisco Peaks above traditional Hopi territory, speak to the Hopi through costumed dance and song. These dancers emerge from the round ceremonial kivas that are at the center of their communities, singly or in groups, and dance to the music of drums, rattles, and song. In imitation and representation of them are Katsina figures (katsina dolls, katsin-tihu), made of cottonwood root. Cottonwood is culturally symbolic because the cottonwood tree, once abundant in traditional Hopi lands, grows where water flows - thus, looking across a landscape, lines of cottonwood trees denote a water source in the desert. After carving, the figures are painted all over with whitewash, made from kaolin clay, and then painted in brilliant colors. Originally these were done using yucca brushes. Many of them are then decorated with other materials, like feathers, cloth, or fur. Katsina dolls are often given objects to hold which indicate their roles.
See some other kachina carved by Glenn Fred for sale for $900 each: https://www.antiqueamericanindianart.com/store/p454/%285001-01%29_Hopi_Kachina%3A_Heoto_Mana_by_Glenn_Fred.html
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private lifetime collection of Dr. Saul Tuttman and Dr. Gregory Siskind, New York, New York, USA
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#141357Feathers are lost at the top sides of the headdress on Angwusnasomtaka. Light signs of wear commensurate with age on both, but in general they are in beautiful condition. Old collection stickers and signature on underside of both.Condition
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