TAWA the Sun Kachina doll
$3,500.00
Tawa is accredited with the Earth’s creation and thereby highly revered by the Hopi. Tawa and Kokyanwuhti, the Earth Goddess, created the Earth. Tawa and Kokyanwuhti possess powers over the realms surrounding Earth. These spiritual entities were powerful representatives of how we, the Earth, the Sun and all other creatures came to be.
Tawa wears a magnificent headdress of feathers that encircle his colorful, round masked face. The mask has a blue bottom half and top half of the mask is vertically split in orange and yellow halves. The mouth is in a black triangular shape and horizontal slits for eyes. These colors are repeated throughout the Tawa kachina costume. The white kilt-like garment accented by a brown sash moves in rhythm during his dance.
The artist of this Tawa, Sun Kachina is unknown, as the information has faded from the bottom of the base. This small kachina doll is completely carved in wood, in very fine detail, front and back, with beautiful colors and possibly carved from cottonwood. There is nice aesthetics with movement of the arms and right leg as though dancing in ceremony.
This kachina is 13.5 cm (5.5 in) in height, standing on a 3-3.5 cm base, total 17 cm height, a little over 6.5 inches. A bit of paint restoration may be desired on the mask. Otherwise, the kachina is in excellent condition.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 7 in |
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