Old Style Hopi Carved Ahote Traditional Katsina Dolls

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Old Style Hopi Carved Ahote Traditional Katsina Dolls by Samuel Masayumptewa

A'hote is considered a good hunter. He may appear in any of the directional colors, the two most common being the Yellow (Sikyahote) or the Blue (Sakwahote). The A'hote is the Grand Katsina Uncle of the Mixed Katsina Group and appears in the Mixed Dances. The A'hote is painted in several different ways. He can appear with planets on his mask, a "split" mask with different colors on each side, or as shown here with a star on his face. Ahote seems to be derived from a Plains Indian because he wears a long trailing eagle feather headdress.