Sipikne, or Warrior/Guardian Katsina

Standing tall with sharply bent articulated arms, wearing a painted cloth kilt and hide bandolier. The painted case mask features a tubular snout and the hands grasp fiber (yucca whips?) and wood segments representing sheep scapulae.

For similar examples, see Objects of Myth and Memory: American Indian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, p. 109, figures 78,79.

height 15 1/2 inches

Circa 1890-1900

Provenance:
Estate of Chief R. Deerfoot (1871-1959) Sinking Springs, OH; through the family by descent.

Heritage Ethnographic Art Auction, October 14, 2022, Dallas, TX Lot 70035

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