VINTAGE 7 " PAIR HOPI KACHINA DOLLS KOSHARI CLOWNS DANCING PIGGY BACK SIGNED MRE
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THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE RARE HARD TO FIND VINTAGE PAIR OF HOPI CLOWNS KOSHARE DANCING PIGGY BACKED.
IT IS SIGNED 'MRE' AS WELL AS WITH NAME 'HOPI CLOWN' AND '1991'.
THE HOPI TRADITION IS THE CLOWN KOSHARI HAS MANY NAMES AND CAN BE FOUND IN MANY DIFFERENT PUEBLOS. HE IS CONSIDERED TO THE FATHER OF KACHINAS. THESE CLOWNS ARE BOTH SACRED AND PROFANE TO THE PEOPLE, THEIR ACTIONS ARE BOTH HUMILIATING AND FUNNY. CARVERS USUALLY ADD THEIR OWN STYLES INTO TH...E MAKING OF THE CLOWNS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY SEE AS FUNNY OR HUMILIATING.
THEY MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 6-1/2"h x4"w x3-1/2"d.
COLORS ARE VIBRANT AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF CHIPS, BREAKS, OR REPAIRS; WOOD BASE HAS DRYING AGING AS SHOWN.
THIS IS AN ESTATE PIECE THAT WAS PART OF A COLLECTION SHOWN IN LAST PHOTO AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LISTED ON EBAY IN CASE YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMBINED SHIPPING..
IT IS SIGNED 'MRE' AS WELL AS WITH NAME 'HOPI CLOWN' AND '1991'.
THE HOPI TRADITION IS THE CLOWN KOSHARI HAS MANY NAMES AND CAN BE FOUND IN MANY DIFFERENT PUEBLOS. HE IS CONSIDERED TO THE FATHER OF KACHINAS. THESE CLOWNS ARE BOTH SACRED AND PROFANE TO THE PEOPLE, THEIR ACTIONS ARE BOTH HUMILIATING AND FUNNY. CARVERS USUALLY ADD THEIR OWN STYLES INTO TH...E MAKING OF THE CLOWNS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY SEE AS FUNNY OR HUMILIATING.
THEY MEASURE APPROXIMATELY 6-1/2"h x4"w x3-1/2"d.
COLORS ARE VIBRANT AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF CHIPS, BREAKS, OR REPAIRS; WOOD BASE HAS DRYING AGING AS SHOWN.
THIS IS AN ESTATE PIECE THAT WAS PART OF A COLLECTION SHOWN IN LAST PHOTO AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LISTED ON EBAY IN CASE YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMBINED SHIPPING..
