Hakto, or Wood Carrier, Kachina, made in the Traditional Old Style, a style of carving revived at Hopi circa 1960s, and has become an established art form. These kachinas are carved from cottonwood into the minimal shapes of the early kachinas with very simple bodies, arms and legs. The details of each kachina are faithfully added using mineral pigments and other materials.
This Hakto has a blue face and head with small round black eyes and mouth, a black and white ruff, and the signature headdress with a horizontal slender twig with twine tassels . Hakto only appears with the Sio Salako, and is not often seen in the dances. Made circa 1990s, with an as yet unidentified maker’s mark on the bottom of one foot in the shape of a butterfly, 10 Inches tall.
Hakto, or Wood Carrier, Kachina, made in the Traditional Old Style, a style of carving revived at Hopi circa 1960s, and has become an established art form. These kachinas are carved from cottonwood into the minimal shapes of the early kachinas with very simple bodies, arms and legs. The details of each kachina are faithfully added using mineral pigments and other materials.
This Hakto has a blue face and head with small round black eyes and mouth, a black and white ruff, and the signature headdress with a horizontal slender twig with twine tassels . Hakto only appears with the Sio Salako, and is not often seen in the dances. Made circa 1990s, with an as yet unidentified maker’s mark on the bottom of one foot in the shape of a butterfly, 10 Inches tall.
