201009-024 Hopi Huhuwa Kachina / Katsina, Cross Legged by Myron Gaseoma
Cross Legged by Myron Gaseoma
11" h including base
Late 20th Century
Signed on base.
Hand Carved from Cottonwood Root
"Huhuwa is known as the Cross-Legged Kachina or on First Mesa, the Snare Kachina. Folklore has it that this kachina is the spirit of a man from Second Mesa, probably Mishongnovi, who has some crippling disease that left him barely able to walk. Despite this handicap he was so cheerful and eager to help others that he still continues among the Hopi as a kachina.
"He often appears as a pair of kachinas hobbling about some village during a ceremony chattering between themselves. He is probably chosen more often as a gift-giving kachina at Powamu times than any other kachina.
"He is noted for his remarks which are always humorous. He imitates the dialects of the various villages and the funny things the villagers have done. His clothes are always ragged and give the appearance of having been rescued from the moths in some Hopi storeroom.
"Yet he is always greeted with delight by all who see him."
- Wright, Barton. Kachinas: a Hopi Artist's Documentary (40)
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