Hopi Piggyback Koshari Clowns [SOLD]
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- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: cottonwood, paint, string
- Size: 5-1/4”
- Item # C3383P SOLD
Jimmy Koots, a Hopi whose work was well known in Santa Fe, because he provided Katsina dolls to Rare Gifts by Dutton, probably one of the more famous older Santa Fe shops, made this puppet.
The arms and legs were attached by passing leather strips through the body, attaching the limbs, and tying knots in the ends. The puppet can be made to move with proper manipulation of the strings. The arms and legs are pegged to the body and all four appendages are moveable. The puppet is in excellent condition.
Henry Seemi also made puppet Katsina dolls in the early 1950s, but the work of the two men can be distinguished by the body style, particularly in the hips where the legs are attached.
Condition: original condition with some paint abrasion
Provenance: from the estate of Tom Mittler, a former resident of Michigan and Santa Fe
Recommended Reading: Hopi Katsina: 1,600 Artist Biographies by Gregory Schaaf
- Category: Traditional
- Origin: Hopi Pueblo, Hopituh Shi-nu-mu
- Medium: cottonwood, paint, string
- Size: 5-1/4”
- Item # C3383P SOLD
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