David Jensen Whipper Hopi Kachina

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This Blue Whipper (Sa-kwa-hu) Kachina was hand carved by Hopi artist, David Jensen out of cottonwood root.  David Jensen Whipper Hopi Kachina

According to Barton Wright’s, Kachinas A Hopi Artist’s Documentary, “Sakwa Hu is an old Kachina that has recently appeared with a great deal more frequency on Third Mesa.  He is most often portrayed by a small boy and accompanies the procession the chief Kachinas about the village as a guard during the Powamu in February.”