Lölökong (Racer Snake) Katsina carving
Tewa/Hopi Pueblo
Date
c.1990
Medium Specific
Cottonwood, paint, feather, shell, horsehair, yarn, tanned hide, fur, string
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 in. (24.1 x 14 x 5.1 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.28.58
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Memo / Artist Statement
The Racer Snake Katsina represents the slender desert snake called the racer. Its movements are rapid when it appears as a guard in the Powamu (Bean Dance) procession. Lölökong stands stamping in one place and then in a flash is some distance away to begin stamping again. (Wright, B.,1977:121)
Inscription
Pictorial