Hopi kachina dolls are traditional wooden carvings made by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona to represent Katsinam, immortal spirit beings.
Virgil Long is a contemporary Hopi Katsina carver known for his clean, precise sculptural style and careful attention to detail. He follows traditional methods, carving figures from cottonwood root (paako) and finishing them with hand-painted details. We purchase our Kachina dolls directly from Virgil, removing the need for a trading company and maximizing the artists’ compensation.
This beautifully composed double kachina sculpture by renowned Hopi artisan Virgil Long showcases his signature crisp, clean carving style, harmonizing two powerful spirits of regeneration and abundance into a single piece of cottonwood root. The focal point of the sculpture is a finely detailed Butterfly Girl (Palhik Mana), capturing her symbolic essence of springtime renewal, fertility, and the vital transformation of the natural world. Seamlessly integrated with this central figure is a unique Sunface (Tawa) that replaces the traditional halo of eagle feathers with an intricate flower headdress. This deliberate pairing accentuates the symbiotic relationship between the sun's life-giving warmth and the subsequent blooming of desert vegetation, uniting the blessing of summer rainclouds with the growth-inducing energy of the sun to create a stunning, culturally rich masterpiece.
This Kachina is 12 inches tall.
Hopi kachina dolls are traditional wooden carvings made by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona to represent Katsinam, immortal spirit beings.
Virgil Long is a contemporary Hopi Katsina carver known for his clean, precise sculptural style and careful attention to detail. He follows traditional methods, carving figures from cottonwood root (paako) and finishing them with hand-painted details. We purchase our Kachina dolls directly from Virgil, removing the need for a trading company and maximizing the artists’ compensation.
This beautifully composed double kachina sculpture by renowned Hopi artisan Virgil Long showcases his signature crisp, clean carving style, harmonizing two powerful spirits of regeneration and abundance into a single piece of cottonwood root. The focal point of the sculpture is a finely detailed Butterfly Girl (Palhik Mana), capturing her symbolic essence of springtime renewal, fertility, and the vital transformation of the natural world. Seamlessly integrated with this central figure is a unique Sunface (Tawa) that replaces the traditional halo of eagle feathers with an intricate flower headdress. This deliberate pairing accentuates the symbiotic relationship between the sun's life-giving warmth and the subsequent blooming of desert vegetation, uniting the blessing of summer rainclouds with the growth-inducing energy of the sun to create a stunning, culturally rich masterpiece.
This Kachina is 12 inches tall.
