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Hopi Pueblo Cottonwood Root Mudhead Katsina Doll - C3784B

Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Wed, Jun 22nd 2016, 2:08pm

Hopi Puelbo Katsnia Doll - C3784BIt is not unusual for this doll to be called a "Mudhead Katsina" or a "Koyemsi" as those are names that have been used for a hundred years or more.  Barton Wright states that it is not considered a katsina at Hopi and that Mudhead and Koyemsi are both nicknames. Wright states that Tachukti is the correct name, Tachukti being the name of a clown, however, Wright says that they are not clowns in the sense we normally consider a clown.  It will, however, always be called a Mudhead as that name is not likely to go away. 

 

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