does anyone collect kachina

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does anyone collect kachina'

DSC09499.JPGDSC09496.JPGfirst one is "Deer" 32" signed by Julie L., second one is "White Buffalo" 26" signed by L. Vandever. NOT artifacts but still cool art. Got them at the New Mexico POW-WOW show bout 20 years ago.
 

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i have one,but yours are way better than mine
 

I do not collect but do admire the art. I wonder if they had made them what one from my area would have looked like in that time frame. Maybe Aztecish? Very cool stuff
 

I have a buddy in AZ. who's grandpa had the most awesome collection of the real thing. When he died back in the early 80's several of his best pieces were donated to the Heard Museum by his family. Very cool last request!!
I actually got to hold them years before they were put under glass forever.
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I do not collect but do admire the art. I wonder if they had made them what one from my area would have looked like in that time frame. Maybe Aztecish? Very cool stuff
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They are in a way artifacts, just more recent in time line. I think they are very cool and I would hang on to them:icon_thumleft:Yours are hand made and anything hand made will be a one of a kind .
 

Nice Kachinas. It's good that you have large examples versus the smaller ones that you see all the time. I just started getting into Native American Sterling jewelry of the Southwest. Here is a Zuni Squash Blossom necklace I picked a few weeks ago-

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this is from AZ
it is carved from a piece of mesquite or something like that
the detail is a bit hard for me to photograph but here you go

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my friend bought it from the maker in arizona who said it was made from mesquite

can you see where my dog chewed it up?


a late lifelong friend named Naylor Vanous got it from the maker who is a member of the Hopi nation who named it "Longhair"

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ever hear the story about the kachinas coming from the mts at dark to see the camps and little villages?...........it is pretty interesting

well anyway you sure have some nice kachinas mr outlaw!

larson1951
 

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nice mr larson,i sent you a package today
 

THNX Larson. Yeah Mesquite is very hard and perfect for carving and a modern pieces material is at the discretion of the artist. Most kachina are carved from a cottonwood tree root because of its association with water in the dessert. But I have seen them made from mesquite too because the wood is so beautiful. here's some good reading if your interested. Hopi Indian Kachinas and Kachina Dolls, Arizona's Crossing Worlds Journeys informational page about Kachina role in Hopi life
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my friend bought it from the maker in arizona who said it was made from mesquite.
as far as i know arizona doesn't have much cottonwood but we sure have a on of it here in north dakota
can you see where my dog chewed it up?
i am fairly sure it is mesquite

a late lifelong friend named Naylor Vanous got it from the maker who is a member of the Hopi nation who named it "Longhair"

ever hear the story about the kachinas coming from the mts at dark to see the camps and little villages?...........it is pretty interesting

well anyway you sure have some nice kachinas mr outlaw!

larson1951
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