HOPI HAND CARVED KOSHARE KACHINA EATING WATERMELLON BY MN BOD

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HOPI HAND CARVED KOSHARE KACHINA EATING WATERMELLON BY ARTIST MN BOD. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. A Koshare is a sacred clown of the HOPI. A Pueblo Indian Clown Society Representing Ancestral Spirits In Ceremonies invoking Rain and Fertility. Kachina was expertly hand carved and Beautifully hand painted. Kachina Koshare is mounted sitting on cotton wood base. Clown has a knife in one hand and holding a cut watermelon in the other. There’s another watermelon between legs. Body legs and arms stripped in black on red skin body. Leather loin cloth. Leather tassels from hat with stripping. Leather arm wraps and leg wraps. Kachinas are hand carved and are one on. They may be similar but not replicated. Unique Rare and beautiful piece. Measures 4 1/2”T X 4”W