Special Value Offer: Hopi Pueblo Rugan Katsina Doll [SOLD]

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Once Known Native American Carver

Special Value Offer: The estate has authorized a price reduction from the original price of $1250 to a new price of $1015.

Rugan is a class of katsinas that come in groups, accompanied by the Corn Maidens, who play on rasp musical instruments. There are various types of Rugan Katsinas. This one dates to circa 1940s before the use of shiny acrylic paints. The basic body, legs and head were carved from a single cottonwood root and the ears, mouth and arms were added, typical of the period.  Condition: generally dolls of this age evidence some breakage but this one is still without damage. Provenance:  ex coll Mary Mira of Kansas City ex coll Michael Frost Estate Recommended Reading: Kachinas: a Hopi Artist's Documentary by Barton Wright Rugan is a class of katsinas that come in groups, accompanied by the Corn Maidens, who play on rasp musical instruments. There are various types of Rugan Katsinas. This one dates to circa 1940s before the use of shiny acrylic paints. The basic body, legs and head were carved from a single cottonwood root and the ears, mouth and arms were added, typical of the period.

 

Condition: generally dolls of this age evidence some breakage but this one is still without damage.

Provenance: 

ex coll Mary Mira of Kansas City

ex coll Michael Frost Estate

Recommended Reading: Kachinas: a Hopi Artist's Documentary by Barton Wright

 

 

Once Known Native American Carver
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