Tewa/Hopi Katsina Dolls and Earrings
elmeryungotsuna@gmail.com
PO Box 843, Polacca AZ 86042
(928) 419-0544
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Tewa/Hopi Katsina Dolls and Earrings elmeryungotsuna@gmail.com PO Box 843, Polacca AZ 86042 (928) 419-0544 |
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Selected Yungotsuna Carvings        
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| Elmer Yungotsuna is Tewa/Hopi from 1st Mesa and has
been carving katsinas since 1989. He is self-taught and exclusively
uses hand tools in carving his traditional katsina dolls and
earrings from cottonwood root. Elmer has participated in native art
shows across the country, including prestigious markets in Santa
Fe--Indian Market and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation Native
Treasures Art Market, and in Phoenix--the Heard Museum Indian Market
and the Pueblo Grande Museum Indian Market. He has won
numerous awards for his carvings, including best of show at the
Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. Yungotsuna has twice given
lectures and carving demonstrations at the Millicent Rogers Museum
in Taos, NM. At least two museums have his katsina dolls in their
collections: the Gallup Cultural Center in Gallup, NM and the
Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. Notably, he was commissioned to
carve a katsina doll for the Emperor of Japan for his birthday.
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