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Kachina
Doll Collection Donated to the Museum of Northern Arizona, November 2000 by the Kriss Family in Memory of Joseph Kriss Collected by Joseph Kriss Reference: Hopi Kachina Dolls by Harold S. Colton, University of New Mexico Press, 1964 * Denotes possession of certificate and/or prize ribbon (no receipts exist for any of the Jimmy K. commissions; authenticity per Regina Kriss, 5/14/2000). |
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![]() K1: Thunder God Kachina* Height: 18" Place: Kia Kochomoui Artist: Henry Shelton Date: July 1964 Prize: Honorable Mention, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff |
![]() K2: Korosto (Harvest Katchina per Regina Kriss) Height: 9" Place: Flagstaff Artist: Jimmy Kewonwytewa (known as "Jimmy K") per Regina Kriss (unsigned) Date: c. 1962-64 Notes: Commissioned by Joseph Kriss; based on similar piece in the collection of the Museum of Northern Arizona. Attribution by Mark Kriss per Colton (#173): "Three-pointed white beak ... pothook eyes ... felt roll across chest ... carries a rattle and a skin pouch filled with sacred corn ..." |
![]() K3: "Nata-aska" Black Ogre Height: 16" Place: Flagstaff Artist: Jimmy Kewonwytewa (signed "JK" on foot) Date: c. 1962-64 Notes: Commissioned by Joseph Kriss; based on similar piece in the collection of the Museum of Northern Arizona; see Colton (#29). Boogey man to scare kids; according to Colton, is supposed to be able to swallow children whole. |
![]() K4: Blueshoes Height: 11" |
![]() K5: Left-Handed Kachina Height: 9" Place: Flagstaff Artist: Son of Jimmy Kewonwytewa (per Regina Kriss, unsigned) Date: c. 1962-64 Notes: Commissioned by Joseph Kriss |
![]() K6: Kokle Kachina?* No. 6/55 Height: 15" Price: $33.00 July 1964 Name: Lloyd Talaswaima Place: Mishongnovi Article: Kokole kachina Notes: Attribution by Mark Kriss based on Colton (#5): feathers on head, buckskin suit, carries a rattle. "This generous and kindly kachina comes in pairs usually four nights before the Bean Dance and prophesies good crops and promises toys for the children ..." |
![]() K7: Greenmuffler Height: 10" Artist: Jimmy Kewonwytewa? |
![]() K8: Early Morning Kachina? Height: 8" Notes: Purchased by Mark Kriss c. 1962-3 in Flagstaff or Grand Canyon; see Colton (#108, 194) |
![]() K9: Great Horned Owl Kachina Height: 14" Place: Flagstaff Artist: Jimmy Kewonwytewa (per Regina Kriss, unsigned) Date: c. 1962-64 Notes: Commissioned by Joseph Kriss; modified by Joseph Kriss -- replaced original wood cloak with leather; added feathers from found dead owl; see Colton (#78) |
![]() K10: Mud Head Clown* No. 8/111 Height: 13" Price: $27.50 July 1962 Name: Leonard Taho Place: Kiakochomovia Article: Koyemsi kachina; attribution by Mark Kriss based on Colton (#59). Carries feather sword to indicate that he's a jester, not a serious warrior. |
![]() K11: Corn Dancer Katchina?* Height: 13" Place: Shungopoui Artist: Norman Honie Date: July 1964 Notes: Honorable Mention, Museum of Northern Arizona |
![]() K12: Sotuqnang-u, God of the Sky (a deity not a kachina) Height: 14" Notes: Probably purchased at Ahwanhee Lodge Gift Shop, Yosemite Valley, c. 1970-75; apparently a sacred piece which should not have been sold in the first place. Colton (p. 78): "Sotuqnang-u, the god of the sky, the clouds, and the rain, is good, dignified, and powerful ... carries a lightning frame and bull-roarer..." |
![]() K13: He-e-e Kachina* No. 8/85 Height: 16" Price: $49.50 July 1964 Name: Dick Pentewa (signed on foot) Place: Kiakochomovi Article: He-e-e Kachina Notes: "Black face" annotation on receipt; attribution by Mark Kriss based on Colton (#21) |
![]() K14: Yellowhorns Height: 16" Place: Flagstaff Artist: Jimmy Kewonwytewa (per Regina Kriss, unsigned) Date: c. 1962-64 Notes: Commissioned by Joseph Kriss; based on similar piece in the collection of the Museum of Northern Arizona |
![]() K15: Zuni Katchina? (per Regina Kriss) Height: 11" |
![]() Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff where Jimmy K. worked as a staff member from about 1940 to 1972, and where all but K8 and K12 were made by Jimmy K. or acquired (via the annual Hopi Craftsman Exhibition). |
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