Old Style Hopi Carved Warrior Boy Traditional Dancer Katsina Doll

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Old Style Hopi Carved Warrior Boy Traditional Dancer Katsina Doll by the Katsinam

Warrior Boy (Hakto) is a diminutive of the Zuni name Yamuhakto, which means "carrying wood on his head." The Hopi adopted Hakto from a Zuni Katsina approximately a hundred years ago. Hakto appears in the Mixed Dance, and also performs with Sio Salako. This Katsina is always personated by a young boy. 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.