Vintage Hopi Indian Mudhead Double Kachina - Koyemsi - Drummer Piggy Back - 18\" For Sale

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Vintage Hopi Indian Mudhead Double Kachina - Koyemsi - Drummer Piggy Back - 18\":
$375.00

This double Mudhead kachina has a drummer Mudhead being \"ridden\" by a smaller kachina with \"reins\" wrapped around the leading Mudhead\'s topknot. The kachina stands 18\" tall including the base. It is signed on the base and dated 1990. The kachinas have been carved of the traditional cottonwood. There looks to be some small spots of flaking paint on the eyelids of the leading kachina. Otherewise these kachinas are in great vintage condition.

Koyemsi translates roughly to “mudhead.” The koyemsi represents the first being to emerge onto the earth from a sipapu, which is why he is covered in mud. The koyemsi appears in most dances and plays multiple important social roles, from policing behavior to clowning. The koyemsi may drum, dance, play games with the villagers, or award prizes for the races and guessing games they organize.

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