KACHINA doll Sio Hemis - Lot 54

Lot n° 54
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2000 - 3000 EUR
KACHINA doll Sio Hemis - Lot 54
KACHINA doll Sio Hemis Hopi, Arizona, Southwestern United States of America circa 1920 Cottonwood, pigments, feathers and cord H.: 22 cm (old accident) Her mask is divided in two following a polychrome organization of pigments: the right part is white while the left is ochre. The half-moon eyes protect the colours of the opposite part. The nasal bridge is vertical, painted black and divided into five squares. His mask is topped by a tablet made of three finely cut wooden boards. Gathered together and held together by cords of plant fibres, they form a three-tiered pyramid. It is covered in white and punctuated with three black-painted symbols of stylized corn. This Kachina doll is dressed in a kilt, she wears a collar of Colin feathers and black-painted bracelets on her wrists.
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