Late 19th - Early 20th Century
This Clown carving is 15” tall and is on it’s original Fred Harvey base, with the, “Made In The Hopi Villages” tag. It was in the collection of Sidney Burr Brinckerhoff who was the Executive Director of the Arizona Historical Society. There were a number of these early “Action” Kachinas carved at the end of the 19th century. This carving wonderfully mimics the exaggerated postures and antics of the Hopi clowns.

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