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Ethnological Katsina Carving Collection

Roughly 400 katsina carvings, most of which are Hopi, span the time period from the 1880s to the 1990s. Highlights of the contemporary katsina carvings include a Ros George Corn Dancer, a Longhair Katsina by Ron Honyouti, and a set of 12 Bean Dance (Powamuya) figures commissioned especially for the Paths of Life exhibition from Third Mesa carver Clark Tenakhongva in 1994. In 1976, local folklorist James S. Griffith donated an important collection of katsina carvings dating from the mid-20th century.

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Elaborately carved and painted katsina    katsina    Carved bark figures

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