The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Hopi Kachina Dolls
c. 1920s
Location: not on view
Description
Katsinas are the sacred spirit essences of things in the natural world—plants, animals, clouds, and many others. Central to the religion of the Indian pueblos (villages) of the southwest, katsinas are personified by costumed men in dances during the ceremonial season. This painting seems to depict the “dolls” that represent katsinas. Such carvings are given to Hopi girls to teach them about the world and their place in it. On the far left are two associated with corn, one male (the Hemis katsina) and the other female (the Hemis Mana katsina). Fred Kabotie, whose native name was Naqavoy’ma, was one of the key artists of the modern school of American Indian painting, which began with the work of self-taught Pueblo artists in the 1910s.- Purchased from The Spanish and Indian Trading Co., Santa Fe, N.M.
- Gallery 231 - Native North American Works on Paper Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 2, 2019-August 21, 2020).CMA 1982: North American Indian Watercolors, January 12-April 11. 1982, no catalogue
- {{cite web|title=Hopi Kachina Dolls|url=false|author=Fred Kabotie|year=c. 1920s|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.312