New work from Lawrence Charley of Kykotsmovi Village on Third Mesa. The first is a Heoto Mana. 7 inches tall and $250. The second is a Hano Mana. 7.25 inches tall and $250. (BOTH IN SANTA FE)

 

Two winged Butterfly Maidens by Harold Nevayaktewa. The first, which is mounted on a piece of slate, is 7 inches tall and $350. The next is 6 inches tall and $300. (BOTH IN TUCSON)

The Qotsa Mana (White Maiden) with the Anaktsina carved on the body by R. Howato is 6.25 inches tall. $200. (SANTA FE) A Lenangwtaqa or Flute Boy by Adrian Poleahla from Polacca. This one is 11.75 inches high and $300. (SANTA FE) Third is a Katsina Mana by Harold Nevayaktewa. 11.5 inches tall and $300. (TUCSON) Last in the row is a beautifully carved Crow Mother with 4 mudheads around the base. Made by Wilmer Kaye, it is just over 10 inches high and $1,200. (SANTA FE)

A great piece by Nuvadi Dawahoya. The two singers are 7.5 inches high and $1,275. (SANTA FE)

An Anakchina by Harold Nevayaktewa that stands 13 inches tall. Beautifully detailed with a Hopi priest smoking a cloud blower (pipe) that takes the prayers up to the Cloud People. On the other side are four colors of corn, representing t he four directions. Mounted on a piece of slate - which helps prevent tipping. $650. (TUCSON)

Harold Nevayaktewa with a very tall (16 inches)  Pusukinangaktsin katsina - the red-beard variation of the Anak'china or Long Hair katsina. He represents the spirit of the summer rains - specifically the long gentle, life-giving drizzles. The long hair represents the rain as one can sometimes see it wisping down from the clouds, almost like a brush stroke. The red hair symbolizes his close affiliation with Taawa – the Sun- who is responsible for the rainbow represented in the band above his beard. (That also gives him his other name: Pala sowitsuni or Red Beard.) The feathers used on the katsina dancers are parrot for the parrot symbolizes the south – the direction from which the summer rains come. $750. Mounted on a piece of slate. (SANTA FE)