HOPI CLAY – HOPI CEREMONY an Exhibition of Hopi Art [SOLD]

HOPI CLAY - HOPI CEREMONY was an exhibition of aspects of Hopi art chosen to illustrate particular facets of Hopi culture and to indicate how Hopi art forms have functioned as cohesive forces in Hopi communal life.

HOPI CLAY – HOPI CEREMONY an Exhibition of Hopi Art

Organized by Seymour and Harriet Koenig

The Katonah Gallery, New York

March 28 – May 21, 1976

Softcover, first edition, 116 pages, beautifully illustrated with katsina dolls and pottery.

Autographed to AL ANTHONY

Contents

Preface

Maps

The Exhibition

The Hopi People

Introduction to Hopi Cultural History

            Prehistoric Era

            Historic Era

The Kachina Cult

            The Role of Clowns

            Kokopelli

Kiva Mural Paintings of Awatovi and Kawaika-a

Modern Hopi Painting

Bibliography

Catalog Listing

            Kachinas

            Rock Art

            Mural Paintings of Awatovi and Kawaika-a

            Pottery

            Weaving

Credits and Acknowledgements