Old Style Hopi Carved Roadrunner Traditional Bird Kachina Doll (Katsina Doll)

Description

Old Style Hopi Carved Roadrunner Traditional Bird Katsina Doll by Kaylyn Nevayaktewa

Roadrunner (Hospoa) appears during the nighttime Kiva Dances or during the Mixed Katsina Dances in the spring. He is one of many bird Katsinam of the Hopi. He is a side dancer and an inhabitant of the arid southwest desert.