Hopi Pueblo Koyemsi (Mudhead) Flat Katsina Doll [SOLD]

The flat Katsina dolls are not necessarily rare, but flat Mudhead Katsina dolls are. Most of the flat dolls are female katsinas such as Palhikmana, Hanomana, Salakomana, etc. Perhaps it is because these flat ones are intended as gifts for young female Hopi and it seems more appropriate to present them with female Katsinas.

This Mudhead is flat on the front side and round on the back, as if the carver split a round root in half and used the inner portion for the face of the doll.

Condition: The doll is in excellent condition.

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.