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Hopi Pueblo Traditional Salakomana Katsina Doll - 24823

Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Fri, Aug 12th 2016, 3:03pm

Katsina - Kachina Doll - 24823The Salakomana is the female version and the Salakotaka is the male version of the Hopi Pueblo pair of katsinas. The Salakomana is distinguishable by her white face and white moccasins. The two always appear as a pair. The basic intent of the Salako Ceremony is, of course, to bring the clouds from which will come the rain.

This carving is from cottonwood root and is a single-piece carving except for the addition of the three-piece tablita and the piece of wood on the forehead from which feathers protrude. Multi-colored embroidery thread falls from a bundle of feathers on the back of the mask. The feathers on the front and around the hem are carved into the wood and highlighted with black paint. The painted design on the neck and hem of the manta reproduce the embroidered design on a woman's manta.

 

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