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Mudhead Kachina DollBeautiful!You will love to have this adorn your home!
This is an impressive example of Navajo Indian craftsmanship. This remarkable Mudhead Kachina Doll is unique and full of character. This is a highly collectible work of art that will grow in value over time. This Mudhead Kachina Doll was made the old fashioned way, hand carved out of genuine soft wood and masterfully hand painted with traditional designs. The mask has the traditional features of the Mudhead with his bulbous headdress resembling pottery. This one also features a red bandanna, genuine shells, and bells on his right knee. This quality Kachina Doll is 17-1/2" tall (including the wooden base) and 10" wide. It is decorated with genuine buckskin and feathers. Signed by the Navajo Artist Frank Ami. There are more than 250 different kachinas, each with its own separate attributes, representing everything from animals to abstract concepts. Kachina Dolls are models of the Kachinas and represent their likeness and traits. The dolls are gifts given to children and families in hope of future abundance and health as well as tools for education. The Kachina dolls of today's art market are a bridge not only between the spiritual world and mortals but also between Hopis and non-Hopis. The Hopi were the original Kachina doll carvers, using a single piece of cottonwood root. Their traditions were not isolated and soon the Navajo began carving in their own creative way, adding leather, feathers, beads, and turquoise. Each year Kachinas come, they walk upon the earth and they dance to bring life and renewal, distribute gifts to the children, and reinforce the connection between the spirit world and the people. When the Kachinas return to the spirit world at the end of the planting, they return with the prayers of the Hopi that we might all continue on this earth for another round in the circle of life.
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