Hopi Polychrome Hemis Katsin-mana or Katsin-mana Katsina Maiden

Description

Yellow half mask with feather beard, parallel lines above beard; wig of red hair with maiden's whorls. Woman's dress, maiden's shawl and white boots. Carries a rasp musical instrument. This is the most common katsina maiden. She accompanies the Hemis katsina as well as many others. Earl and Kennard, 1938
Provenance: belonging to the painter Georgia O'Keefe who gifted it to the current owner who helped her hang her retrospective at the Whitney Museum, New York, New York, in 1970
Height: 9 1/8"
Width: 3 1/4"