Hopi Spotted Corn Avachhoya Katsina
1930s
Height 9 1/2"
Provenance: Tucson trade
Private collection, Tucson, AZ
“Avachhoya or Qá-ö is the Spotted Corn Kachina who appears in the Pamuya and in the regular Kachina dances. Generally this Corn Kachina dances with such a lively step that only the boys or young men will take the part. They do not sing and are always accompanied by a drummer and chorus, usually Koyemsi. Sometimes two of these kachinas will dance on the plaza by the side of the Niman Kachinas. Holding nothing in their hands, they make motions and signs describing such figures as clouds or cornstalks or whatever is being sung about at the time. A fine notable example rarely seen with entire costume intact.
1930s
Height 9 1/2"
Provenance: Tucson trade
Private collection, Tucson, AZ
“Avachhoya or Qá-ö is the Spotted Corn Kachina who appears in the Pamuya and in the regular Kachina dances. Generally this Corn Kachina dances with such a lively step that only the boys or young men will take the part. They do not sing and are always accompanied by a drummer and chorus, usually Koyemsi. Sometimes two of these kachinas will dance on the plaza by the side of the Niman Kachinas. Holding nothing in their hands, they make motions and signs describing such figures as clouds or cornstalks or whatever is being sung about at the time. A fine notable example rarely seen with entire costume intact.
1930s
Height 9 1/2"
Provenance: Tucson trade
Private collection, Tucson, AZ
“Avachhoya or Qá-ö is the Spotted Corn Kachina who appears in the Pamuya and in the regular Kachina dances. Generally this Corn Kachina dances with such a lively step that only the boys or young men will take the part. They do not sing and are always accompanied by a drummer and chorus, usually Koyemsi. Sometimes two of these kachinas will dance on the plaza by the side of the Niman Kachinas. Holding nothing in their hands, they make motions and signs describing such figures as clouds or cornstalks or whatever is being sung about at the time. A fine notable example rarely seen with entire costume intact.