katsina with blue face leaning over

Ray Sumatzkuku, Hano Mana (Tewa Girl) Katsina carving

Ray Sumatzkuku
Tewa/Hopi Pueblo
Date
1986
Medium Specific
Cottonwood, paint
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 5 in. (26.7 x 8.9 x 12.7 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.28.51
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Memo / Artist Statement
Hano Mana is an unmarried katsina maiden from the Hano village at First Mesa. She appears in the Bean Dance on Second Mesa and in the Water Serpent Ceremony on First Mesa.
Inscription
R. Sumatzkuku, 1986, Hano Mana, Bacavi AZ. (pen)