HILILI Palm Mask, Hopi, Arizona. Circa 1880-1890. - Lot 4

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15000 - 20000 EUR
HILILI Palm Mask, Hopi, Arizona. Circa 1880-1890. - Lot 4
HILILI Palm Mask, Hopi, Arizona. Circa 1880-1890. This Kachina-Sorcier mask comes from the 2nd or 3rd mesa. This Hiilili mask resembles the one reproduced by Colton 185, and takes its name from its "Hilili-i-i" cry. Leather mask. Rectangular incised eyes, surrounded by black on a white background, with inverted stepped decoration, the upper part turquoise and the lower part ochre. Rectangular incised mouth. The base decorated with superimposed leather bands, one representing a jaw simulated by white and black lozenges bordered by a red line, the inner band sewn with a fringe of horsehair, red-painted wooden ears, the head adorned with two feathers and down held by a stick representing a serrated Sun God sun disk. Thongs at the base. Interior with worn patina. Reused leather (boot and Mexican saddle), horsehair, feathers, wood and cotton, natural and mixed pigments. Height: 24.5 cm - Diameter: 15 cm - Width (overall): 41 cm On black metal base. Provenance: Sale Neret Minet Tessier Sarrou April 12, 2013 n55 Ref : Fewkes : Huik : PL. III, p. 60 (other mask) and Helilili: PL VI, p. 66. Wright: Plate 4: C (other mask). Antes (2000): 249: Hülili.
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