Toson Koyemsi Katsina carving
Hopi
Date
1989
Medium Specific
Cottonwood
Classification
Sculpture: Wood
Dimensions
7 x 3 x 1 in. (17.8 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm)
Accession Number
2018.35.28.325
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Memo / Artist Statement
A number of these katsinas used to come with the Soyoko on Third Mesa and demand sweet cornmeal from the girls. They would then sit and taste the cornmeal to see if it was well-ground and sweet, and from this comes their name of Sweet Cornmeal Tasting Koyemsi.
(Wright, 1973: 81)
(Wright, 1973: 81)
Inscription
Toson Koyemsi, Hopi (paint, base). Happy Easter 1989, Ron Yara.