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Rick Johnson Shalako Kachina

Rick Johnson Shalako Kachina

$540.00

The Shalako ceremony for the Zuni people is usually at the winter solstice, typically following the harvest and normally closed to non-native peoples, however, non-native peoples may be invited as guests by a Zuni tribal member.

The Shálako festival, is a remarkable scene, enacted in the open for the double purpose of invoking the divine blessing upon certain newly built houses, and of rendering thanks to the gods for the harvests of the year. Signals the end of the old and the beginning of the new. (Wikipedia)

Artist: Rick Johnson – Navajo

Size: 3 1/2″ w x 11″ h

1 in stock

SKU: K1-30 Categories: Kachinas, Native American Crafts Tags: Kachinas, Navajo, Rick Johnson, Shalako
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Hopi katsina figures, also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by the Hopi people to teach and instruct their people about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings or spirits that bring rain and fertility to crops, cure diseases, punish transgressions and control other aspects of the natural world and society, acting as messengers between humans and the spirit world.

The Hopi were the original Katsina Doll carvers, using a single piece of cottonwood root. The Navajo have often borrowed from many tribes and began carving their own style of kachina dolls, adding leather, feather, beads and turquoise. These kachina dolls can be made from other sources of wood and are not intensely carved from one piece of wood such as the Hopi method. They can be several pieces of wood glued or pined together. Therefore they can be made much more quickly and are usually are less expensive than an original Hopi Katsina.

The Hopi tribes are the original Katsina carvers but the Navajo Kachina creativity and use of leather, feather, beads and turquoise make for some beautiful art pieces as well and have a following of their own.

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Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 10 × 10 × 20 in

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