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 carat01
  		posted on December 5, 2001 04:54:06 PM
Though it had been made by a kid, apparently this is by some well artist? Any help or info would be appreciated. Thanks
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[ edited by carat01 on Dec 5, 2001 05:00 PM ]
 
 dadofstickboy
  		posted on December 5, 2001 06:58:34 PM
Did you know your house fell over?

 
 tomwiii
  		posted on December 5, 2001 07:21:02 PM
And a real steal at ONLY $125.00!!

 
 tomwiii
  		posted on December 5, 2001 07:23:40 PM
Although my experience in the world of antikes and corruptibles is limited, I'm pretty sure that that is a:

Native American Marital Aid ??

OTOH...I could be wrong!

 
 Landotters
  		posted on December 5, 2001 08:12:19 PM
American Indian either a Hopi or Kachina (sp) doll or figure. Taos, is Taos N.M. And there are lots of Hopi's and Pueblo Indians there that make articles like this and sell to tourists or specialty shops.

Thats the best I can do, as I have seen them in person and know a couple of artists in Sandia.
 
 rayneman
  		posted on December 5, 2001 08:15:54 PM
[ edited by rayneman on Dec 5, 2001 08:17 PM ]
 
 carat01
  		posted on December 6, 2001 03:32:45 AM
Thank you for all your help. Figured something like that but being from northeast I am ignorant about it. Had no idea what to call it!
Was in a hurry and just uploaded pics from disk w/out editing, sorry about that - hate it when pic's are in an auction like that.
And NO WAY did I pay that price, it was left over from an auction and I got it with some other things from the pile for the dumpster.
Maybe I'll try it on eBay and see what happens...

 
 barbkeith
  		posted on December 6, 2001 10:18:44 AM
dadofstickboy, ROFLMAO. I love a sense of humor. My mother thinks mine is the weirdest.

 
 terrydarc
  		posted on December 6, 2001 10:39:02 AM
I love the answers so far and mine is a bit boring, but a little net reasearch using google.com leads to:

1. There are Hopi Kachina, Navajo and Zuni dolls also. What you have would take an expert to determine.

2. here's a link to Hopi dolls:

http://www.hopimarket.com/Kachinas.htm

You'll notice some of these are pretty spendy - in the hundreds of bucks range.

3. There's a mark on the bottom indicating this was turned on a lathe - that I would guess limits it's value and dates it to 20th century.

4. Those feathers look like finest quality chicken.

5. The signature mark might be worth sending to one of the galleries you can find through google or whatever search engine you got.

Best hope I would think is that this is the signature of a famous artist in his/her childhood or on an off day.

Thanks for the pictures though - very interesting and definitely worth listing as Kachina Doll I'd guess.

Terry

[ edited by terrydarc on Dec 6, 2001 10:41 AM ]
 
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