Hopi Pueblo Hanomana Flat Katsina Doll [SOLD]

Hanomnna is a katsina of the Hopi-Tewa village and is given to their young girls in the same manner that katsinas present Hahai-i-Wuhti to the girls of the Hopi villages. Even some Hopi present her as gifts to Hopi girls.

These flat dolls are the first gifts presented to girls at the dance following their birth. They are called Putskatithu in Hopi and flat dolls in English. They are a popular item for tourists to purchase as gifts for new babies—sometimes calling them crib katsinas.

Jimmie Koots is a well-known carver of Katsina dolls in the Santa Fe area because his dolls were featured at a shop called Rare Things by Dutton in downtown Santa Fe for years and years. His full name is James Kootshongsie. He had a fascinating life and we have printed information from the book “Hopi Katsina 1,600 Artist Biographies” by Greg Schaaf. To see this biography, click on the artist’s name just below the picture of the Katsina doll.

Provenance: From the estate of Transcendental artist Florence Pierce of Albuquerque who passed away in 2007 at the age of 89.