TWO INCH MINIATURE
GIL MALDONADO
ONE PIECE
ACTION
HOPI TUNGWUP HU’
EXCELLENT CONDITION
COLLECTOR ALERT!
A BEST SELLER SINCE THE SEVENTIES, TWO INCH MINIATURE KACHINAS BY HOPI GIL MALDONADO, HAVE COVERED THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OK KNOWN HOPI KACHINAISM. ALSO KNOWN AS KATSINA, MALDONADO IS THE ONLY ARTISAN EVER TO CARVE EVERY KNOWN HOPI KACHINA. USING HAROLD COLTON’S FAMOUS 300+ LIST, MALDONADO FILLED FOUR DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS. THAT COLLECTORS WOULD STAY PASSIONATE AS LONG AS TWENTY YEARS SEEM ITSELF INCREDIBLE. BUT THEY DID. AND MALDONADO DID.
HIS SMALLER COLLECTIONS INCLUDED ALL THE BIRDS, ALL THE CLOWNS, ALL THE OGRES, AND ON AND ON. MOST OF HIS FIGURES WERE SHIPPED THE DAY THEY WERE DELIVERED.
THIS KACHINA IS COLTON #15, TUNGWUP, THE GREEN FACED HU KACHINA. HIS COSTUME IS A MAIDENS SHAWL WORN AS A SKIRT. AND A WEDDING SASH. CARRIES A YUCCA WHIP.
HE SOMETIMES ACTS AS LEADER IN THE BEAN DANCE PARADE.
TWO INCH MINIATURE. ON THE ORIGINAL DELIVERY CARD. HISTORIC. EXCELLENT CONDITION. MUSEUM QUALITY.