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Hopi Pueblo Sikya Tsutskutu - Yellow Clown Katsina Doll by Ernest Chapella - C3383T

Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Tue, May 30th 2017, 1:43pm

Katsina Kachina Doll - C3383TAccording to Barton Wright in his book Clowns of the Hopi: Tradition Keepers and Delight Makers "The Sikya Tsutskutu pull their hair up into clumps, one at either side of the head and sometimes one on the front.  They daub a thick yellow paint over their entire bodies and heads.  Below their mouth and each eye, they paint thin arcs of black with ends upturned.  A black dot is placed under the nose and over each eye at eyebrow level.  This decoration diverts the eye from the normal visage and renders the individual portraying the clown almost unidentifiable. They wear a piece of white cloth or blanket around their hips."

 

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