Alternate Views 
“Coming Winter”
(Deer Katsina)
by Nuvadi Dawahoya, Hopi
Description: Hand carved from cottonwood. It was painted with acrylic paints and a woodburner was used for texturing.
About this Award: Awarded for high quality in Katsina doll carving.
Jurors’ Comments:
Barbara Ornelas: A katsina carver friend of mine told me along time ago the hardest thing to do is show how it feels to you. I can just see the dancer, you can tell he is in the middle of a dance and concentrating on that. The piece has to talk to the people. A great piece. And of course I love the snow!
Ryan Huna Smith: There a lot of nice things involved here…the use of the whole thing—the base is incorporated in the design. What really stuck out was the gesture of the figure and the carving of the cloth—the folds are so natural. The other thing I like is the treatment of the wood for the rocks and the plants. The texture is amazing even though they are all made out of the same material, they have different texture that emulates them.
Alex Beeshligaii: (about the runner-up: a Katsina doll by Coolidge Roy Jr.) I like this…maybe it’s the face. I was checking it out. I like the way the feathers have this flow to them, the tiny details, the painting on the regalia…very cool.