Buffalo Social Dancer Kachina
Tribe: Hopi
Item #HK01930
Buffalo Social Dancer, also known as Kocha Mosairu, by Hopi carver Arvin Saufkie, signed on the base. The Buffalo Dancer is described as a social dancer, and is associated with winter ceremonial dances, often the January dances on the Hopi mesas. The figure is carved in an active dance posture and holds a bow and rattle, with detailed painted clothing, feather elements, and a natural wood base. Buffalo figures are associated with strength, endurance, and prayers connected to abundance and the life-sustaining importance of game animals within Hopi tradition. The doll is a one-piece carving, traditionally carved from a single piece of cottonwood root.
6.75” Doll Height, 7.75” Overall Height
- Era
- Contemporary
About the artist
Arvin Saufkie, of the Coyote Clan, was born in Tuba City, Arizona. He lives on the Hopi Reservation where he learned Kachina doll carving from his uncles and brothers. Arvin has been working on...
See all pieces by Arvin Saufkie →Family owned in Sedona since 1976
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