Seated Mudhead Kachina
The Koyemsi, or Mudhead Kachina, is, among its other roles, a clown, a drummer, and a moral enforcer who interacts with the audience during Hopi ceremonies, and is one of the best known of the kachinas. This doll is sitting on a low stool, perhaps he is a drummer? He's dressed in the uniform of the Koyemsi, including a neckerchief and the knobs and the conical topknot on its clay head, made of cottonwood, paint and string, 6 ½ inches tall.
Jimmy Koots, or James Kootshongsie (1916-1996) was part of a group of Hopi carvers who, in the 1960s revived the ancient art of traditional Hopi Katsina carvings.
The Koyemsi, or Mudhead Kachina, is, among its other roles, a clown, a drummer, and a moral enforcer who interacts with the audience during Hopi ceremonies, and is one of the best known of the kachinas. This doll is sitting on a low stool, perhaps he is a drummer? He's dressed in the uniform of the Koyemsi, including a neckerchief and the knobs and the conical topknot on its clay head, made of cottonwood, paint and string, 6 ½ inches tall.
Jimmy Koots, or James Kootshongsie (1916-1996) was part of a group of Hopi carvers who, in the 1960s revived the ancient art of traditional Hopi Katsina carvings.
The Koyemsi, or Mudhead Kachina, is, among its other roles, a clown, a drummer, and a moral enforcer who interacts with the audience during Hopi ceremonies, and is one of the best known of the kachinas. This doll is sitting on a low stool, perhaps he is a drummer? He's dressed in the uniform of the Koyemsi, including a neckerchief and the knobs and the conical topknot on its clay head, made of cottonwood, paint and string, 6 ½ inches tall.
Jimmy Koots, or James Kootshongsie (1916-1996) was part of a group of Hopi carvers who, in the 1960s revived the ancient art of traditional Hopi Katsina carvings.