Kapicha (Billy Goat) Katsina Doll, circa 1990 [SOLD]

This is one of the animal katsinas who appears during the fast parades and in the summer may accompany the clowns. He is rarely carved as a katsina doll and rarely appears in plaza dances.

He is a comic and a clown katsina. Reference should be made to the large testicles that appear beneath his loin cloth. He is one of the copulation Katsinas and is interested in copulating with everything in sight. His testicles are full of fruit and other goodies, and towards the end of the dance, the aunt of the man impersonating the Billy Goat Katsina will cut off his testicles and give the fruit and other goodies to the spectators. He is, on occasion, referred to as a Piptuka Katsina, which means “coming to the clowns” katsina.

This carving is an excellent example of the Billy Goad Katsina. The body is whitewashed without the addition of paints. The goat skin cape covers the back side of the doll. Other than the face, only the loin cloth, wrist and leg ties and the horns are highlighted with paint. This really is a beautiful carving that is in original excellent condition. We believe it to be circa 1990's.