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Hopi Pueblo Wakas Koyemsi Impersonating a Cow Katsina - C3784A

Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Wed, Jun 15th 2016, 5:53pm

Hopi Katsina Doll - C3784AThis personage has been known by several names-Mudhead, Koyemsi, Clown, Tachukti, and has been referred to as a Katsina.  Barton Wright states that it is not considered a Katsina at Hopi and that Mudhead and Koyemsi are both nicknames and that Tachukti is the correct name but that he is not a clown in the sense we normally consider a clown.  It will, however, always be called a Mudhead as that name has existed for a hundred years already and is not likely to go away. 

 

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