A Hopi katsina doll
Depicting Shalako Mana, wearing a pierced tableta with feather accents, traditional face paint, and painted feather dress, minor repair.
height 15in, width 10 1/2in
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Provenance
Philip Garaway Native American Art, Venice, CA
The Collection of William Dana Lippman, acquired from the above

Good condition overall with scattered scuffs, scratches, dust accumulation and paint loss commensurate with age. Scattered small nicks and chips, primarily to edges. An approximately 1in x 1in loss to the end of the right foot with corresponding fill/overpaint. Scattered paint touch-ups primarily in the tableta. Losses and wear to feathers. Glued repair to the joint between the right side of the tableta and the figure's head with a glue drip down the back of the head. An approximately 3 1/2in shrinkage crack on the back of the body and a couple of additional shrinkage cracks. More abrasions verso, including an approximately 2in x 3/4in shallow chip/scrape on the center back.