№ 47559 / Paintings

WUPOMO KACHINA

$35.00

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Maker: John Farnsworth
Made in: Flagstaff, AZ
Type: Print Material
Availability: In stock at maker
Indexed: May 1, 2026
Last verified: May 1, 2026
Fulfilled by: John Farnsworth — direct

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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John Farnsworth

Flagstaff, AZ · Painting & Landscape

Arizona-born painter (b.1941) working full-time since 1967 in watercolor and oil. Best known for Kachina paintings and his distinctive equestrian and bull subjects, with intimate drawings up to large-scale murals.

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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...