Murals by Hopi painter Naqavoy'ma (Fred Kabotie) inside the Desert View Watchtower. You have to see it in person to really take it all in.

#mural #grandcanyon #hopiart #Naqavoyma #fredkabotie #photography #arizona

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨

"Purifying and Blessing" by Hopi artist Michael Kabotie (1942-2009)
Museum of Northern Arizona Collection | C904

#sundayart #artisthopid #michaelkabotie #hopiart #newexhibit

🎨 Sunday Morning Art 🎨
"The New Bride Woman" by Hopi artist Otis Polelonema (1902-1981). The painting–watercolor and gouache on paper–is in the Museum of Northern Arizona collections.
#hopiart #otispolelonema #hopibride

“Frog Dressed in Prayer Ceremony” by Dawakema (Milland Lomakems) is now showing in our "Collecting in a Changing World" exhibit. It is part of a significant MNA collection of work created by the Artist Hopid, a collaborative of five Hopi artists from the 1970s.
#hopiart #artisthopid #dawakema

A Hopi polychrome Hemis katsina figure.
carved wood, pigment
late 19th to early 20th century

#hopi #hemis #katsina #nimanceremony #summer #tribalart #hopiart #hopikatsina #katsinafigure #hemisfigure #ritual #ceremony #culture #nativeamericanart

Hear directly from Hopi carver Tayron Polequaptewa and Kelley Hays-Gilpin, MNA's curator of anthropology. One of Tayron's dolls is currently showing in our "Collecting in a Changing World" exhibition. Thanks to AZPM for this illuminating story.
#kachinadolls #katsinadolls #hopiart