Old Style Hopi Carved Korososta Traditional Planting Katsina Doll

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Old Style Hopi Carved Korososta Traditional Planting Katsina Doll by the Katsinam

Korososta represents the seeds of different plants and has influence over the growth of the corn. He often carries corn kernels in his sack. The audience at the dance is anxious to receive any of this seed corn he cares to pass out. Sometimes he is called Ota from the first words of his song. His dances represent planting. This particular Katsina was handed out at a dance. It comes from a private collector who got most of her pieces in the 1970s. The Katsinam carve these pieces and hand them out at the dances. This is a great example of the full figure carvings that are created for the young girls on Hopi. These are identifiable because they have no bases and instead hang on the walls of Hopi homes.