John Farnsworth
· Flagstaff, AZ
WUPOMO KACHINA
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John Farnsworth
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Made in Flagstaff, AZ by John Farnsworth. Arizona-born painter (b.1941) working full-time since 1967 in watercolor and oil.
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8x10 inch unframed poster of Daily Painting #1005, WUPOMO KACHINA, by John Farnsworth " Wupomo is a fierce Kachina guard whose job is to keep the crowds away from the power of the other Kachinas during dances. This particular dancer would be seen wearing a mask made from a yucca sifter basket, which explains the round, flattened shape of his head. The Kachinas, carriers of messages to the heavens asking for rain, productive crops, fertility, all the things of a good, simple life, are represented in these small dolls, carved from cottonwood root, and given to the children as tools for learni...
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