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Subject: Hopi Pueblo Mona Katsina Doll
Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by | Fri, Mar 22nd 2013, 1:59pm
According to Barton Wright, the Mona Katsina functions as the River or Thunder Katsina and appears singly in the Mixed Katsina Dances. His function seems to be simply that of encouraging the flow of water.
He appears most often on Third Mesa and there is the possibility that he may be limited to that mesa.
Condition: very good condition with the exception that the right foot has been broken and glued.
Provenance:
ex coll Mary Mira of Kansas City
ex coll Michael Frost Estate
Recommended Reading: Kachinas: a Hopi Artist's Documentary by Baron Wright
Subject: Hopi Pueblo Mona Katsina Doll
Carver Unknown
Category: Traditional
Origin: Hopi Pueblo
Medium: Cottonwood Root
Size: 8-1/2" tall
Item # C3360K
