Eloy Wytewa, Motsin Katsina carving
Eloy Wytewa
Tewa/Hopi Pueblo
Date
2000
Medium Specific
Cottonwood, paint
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
10 x 6 x 8 in. (25.4 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.28.73
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Memo / Artist Statement
The Motsin or Disheveled Katsina is a guard, but is more known as a community leader. He enforces the attendance of the people to any community work parties. Carrying whatever tools he needs to enforce with (usually carries a rope in one hand and another tool in the other), he would take all the necessary actions needed to get his job done. He used to wear striped or torn out shirts, but now, carvers have made him in better clothing. Still, he usually appears black faced, with warrior pahos on his head, and feathers all around his ears.
Biography
Eloy Wytewa is from Bacavi, Third Mesa AZ. His work has appeared in several galleries and collections. (Schaaf, G.,2008: 328)
Inscription
Eloy Wytewa, Bacavi, AZ.