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Small Mongwa Wuhti - Female Owl Katsina Doll by Jimmie Koots - 25873
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Jul 29th 2016, 5:26pm
The Great Horned Owl Wuhti (female) has only been published in Fewkes' article on Hopi Katsinas and has appeared nowhere else. Present-day Hopi are not aware of the female version, so perhaps it has not been seen in over a hundred years.
This version of the Mongwa Wuhti is beautifully carved and painted. She wears a traditional pueblo manta and has a white wedding shawl draped over her shoulders. She appears to be carved from a single piece of cottonwood root.