the mouse warrior is carved figuratively and clearly a mouse, holding his bow and dancing

A. Miles, Tusun Humitsi (Mouse Warrior) carving

A. Miles
Tewa/Hopi Pueblo
Date
c.1996
Medium Specific
Cottonwood, paint
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
7 x 3 x 4 in. (17.8 x 7.6 x 10.2 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.28.57
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Memo / Artist Statement
Though not a Katsina, the Mouse Warrior (Tusun Humitsi) is a hero to the Hopi of Second Mesa for having rid the people of a troublesome chickenhawk they had been unable to eliminate from the Mesa. The Mouse Warrior tricked the chickenhawk into impaling itself on a stake and thus became a hero to the people. The mouse carries his bow and arrows, and tomahawk.
Inscription
A Miles (grass pictorial)