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Original Hopi Pueblo Painting of Sotungtaka Katsina by T. T. Dashe - C3098B
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, Aug 4th 2016, 2:45pm
The katsina pictured here is one of the Corn katsinas. There is a typed label on verso that reads KAö KATCHINTA"A A M'. There is a Hopi Katsina named Qa'ö which also is a Corn Katsina, however, the image in this painting more closely resembles the Sotungtaka (Corn) Katsina than that of the Qa'ö (Corn) Katsina. Regardless, I think it is established that the image is that of a Corn Katsina.
Sacred Corn is very important to the Hopi, as it means life. It is not unusual for there to be a number of Corn Katsinas in the Hopi pantheon.