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2018.3.195 BDescription
Prints/Framed images of Kachinas with pamphlets attached to back/B-image of a man wearing a bird like mask with wings on the sides carrying a bow and branches/signed "Hoyesva Oraibi, Ariz./pamphlet "Mongwa the Great Horned Owl Kachina …about Mongwa A case mask covered with rabit fur… "horns" of jackrabbit tails, a beak…fox skin ruff, kilt, sash, and buckskin over back…white body paint…bow and whips of Yucca and cottonwood. Mongwa appears in the Mixed Kachina Dances where he spies on the Clown Kachinas. Acting as a go-between for the Chief Clown and the Warrior Kachinas, Mongwa's duty is to carry out the payment for the wrongs done to the Kachinas during the day. The Yucca and the branch of cottonwood carried in his right hand are shown to the Chief Clown…the clowns are then punished with Mongwa's choice of whips thereby paying for their iniquities. …about the Kachinas The colorful religious ceremonies of the Hopi Indians of Northern Arizona are notable for their wildly beautiful "Kachina" dancers, a series of rituals following a tradition so pure that the white man's civilization has not visibly affected it. The masked dancers chanting and dancing in age-old cadences are at the very heart of Hopi religious and emotional life and have been for more centuries than anyone surely knows. Of the many kinds of Kachinas, almost all are used as models for the small realistic figures carved by Hopi men and given to the children of the tribe that they may learn to recognize and respect the various Kachinas. No one knows how many Kachina dolls the Hopi make as gifts each year, but it is probably not less than five hundred nor much more than one thousand. The youthful recipients of the Kachina dolls often take them to the trading stores where they procure sweets, pop, gum, etc., in exchange, and the dolls end up in curio stores in towns and cities of the Southwest. …about Motorola As a friendly gesture in bringing you an appropriate reminder of Motorola's achievements in silicon transistor technology, we have once again secured original Indian paintings and are sending a copy to you with our compliments. It is out sincere hope that these examples of southwestern art will provide you and your family with many enjoyable moments in the months to come. We hope, too, that you'll think of Motorola whenever you have a need for silicon transistors."/12"x9.5"x0.5"Collection
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