Vintage Hopi 25" OGRE'S UNCLE KACHINA DOLL Katsina Carved by Womack Pavatea c60s

For your consideration is this fabulous, very detailed and high quality handcrafted vintage Ogre's Uncle kachina doll by renown Hopi carver Womato Pavatea.

This particular kachina was carved in the mid 1960s and features a feather headdress and horsehair that comes over his face. He wears a cloak of fur, a shell bracelet, a leather and shell rattle on his right leg, a yarn wrap on his left leg and his brown carved moccasins are adorned with leather fringe. Measures approx 25" tall and hallmarked by the famous Hopi carver. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

A fabulous, quite large and imposing figure that, most remarkably of all, is a free-standing katsina!

* The Black Ogre's Uncle (Tahaum Soyoko) arrives with the Black Ogre (Nata-aska). While Ogre Woman (Soyok Wuhti) threatens to physically harm people, Nata-aska and Tahaum Soyoko dance and brandish their weapons. These Ogres are all disciplinarians who appear around the time of the Powamuya Ceremony. Ogres carry a saw (sometimes a knife) as well as a bow and arrows for hunting. Their outstanding feature is their long, flapping jaws, which they can clack quite loudly. The purpose of these Katsinam is to reinforce the Hopi way of life to the children of the Pueblo. These Ogres accompany Soyok Wuhti on her trip to collect food from the children. As a means of discipline, children are told the Ogres can swallow them whole, unless they are good little children. The fierce and threatening behavior of these Katsinam strikes fear into the children, but they are eventually saved from imminent danger by the people of their Pueblo. Anglos would call these Katsinam the boogymen. *

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(Please Note: We sell new items as well as old pawn that were handmade by authentic Native American artisans. Most of our old pawn items are One-of-a-Kind and subject to availability. Some of our new items can be re-produced and therefore may have some slight variances from the pictures. We do sell on other venues as well as occasional trade shows and reserve the right to cancel this listing if sold prior to any bids or offers. We try to keep our listings up to date, but may occasionally miss one. We highly recommend that you email us to verify stock so as not to disappoint. If unavailable, we will email you and offer an alternate item or a refund if payment had been made. In some cases, we can have one custom made with a two week lead time.)

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