Rare Old Antique Native American Hopi Kachina/katchina Doll – Circa 1880-90 For Sale

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We offer for sale this Rare Old Antique Native American Kachina/Katchina Doll – Circa 1880-90. It is 6 ½ inches high

without the feather, and approx. 2 inches wide.

This old Cotton Wood Doll was collected many years ago by my great Grandfather while traveling out west. I think he

said it is Hopi or Navajo.

It is pretty obvious that it was well played with by Native American Children. The condition is as you can see “as found”.

We are not Katchina experts so please review the photos and ask any questions you may have. We guarantee that this is

a good old doll!

A Kachina is a spirit being in western Pueblo cosmology and religious practices. Kachinas are spirits or personifications

of things in the real world. A Kachina can represent anything in the natural world or cosmos, from a revered ancestor to an

element, a location, a quality, a natural phenomenon, or a concept. There are more than 400 different Kachinas in Hopi and

Pueblo culture.

A great old antique Hopi Indian kachina/katchina doll to simply display in you home or office of just to add to your Native

American Collection. Low starting price and no hidden reserve. Buyer pays actual USPS Priority Mail.

On Jan-03-13 at 10:21:09 PST, seller added the following information:

We have been informed by an enlightened er that this this Kachina Doll was made by Wilson Tawaquaptewa.

Wilson Tawaquaptewa was born in 1873- died in 1960and was a member of the Bear Clan. He was from the village of Oraibi on Third Mesa

on the Hopi Reservation in Northern Arizona and became village chief of Oraibi in 1904.

This item has been shown 235 times. Rare Old Antique Native American Hopi Kachina/katchina Doll – Circa 1880-90: $680