Raymond Poseyesva (1901 ?-1953)
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"Añya Katcina" circa 1930s, Watercolor. Edition: Unique. Signed, "by R. Poseyesva", lower front right; titled, Añya Katcina, lower front center.
Dimensions of paper: 8 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (216 x 294 mm).
References: Snodgrass 1968, Earle and Kennard 1971, Tanner 1973, Lester 1995.
Inventory ID: 1068
Dimensions of paper: 8 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (216 x 294 mm).
References: Snodgrass 1968, Earle and Kennard 1971, Tanner 1973, Lester 1995.
Inventory ID: 1068
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Very good condition. Painted on brown wove paper. There is a crease in the extreme lower left corner of the paper, a few specks of foxing, and slight puckering of the painted image from the application of watercolor to the paper, otherwise, considering artist, age, and Second Mesa, Shungopovi provenance, in fine condition.
The Anya Katsina (alt: katcina, kachina, katchina), also known as Angakchina, and is more commonly called Long Hair Kachina. Earle and Kennard (1971:Plate XVI) describe this katsina:
"This Kachina has a counterpart at Zuni and it is significant that many words in the songs are Zuni words. The hair generally the Hopi's own, hangs loosely down his back and downy eagle feathers rise from it. A few also hang from the mask across the beard. A cluster of parrot feathers is tied to the crown. Large ear bobs are used and a black skein of yarn hangs around the neck. The body is painted black and brown."
Hopi artist, Raymond Poseyesva, was part of the early twentieth-century Native American watercolor school that painted in flat style, generally characterized by the absence of, or little use of, perspective or shadow. A contemporary of such early Hopi greats as Otis Polelonema, Fred Kabotie, and Waldo Mootzka, little is known of Poseyesva. Snodgrass (1968:149) mentions his tendency to depict Katcinas, that he was originally from Shungopovi, on Second Mesa, and was, at some time a resident of Winslow, Arizona. Tanner (1973:259) makes slight reference to him, parroting Snodgrass's comments and adding that he was "a very old Hopi in the 1950s...." information probably based on her conversations with Alfred Whiting (see her footnote). Lester (1995:444), repeats Snodgrass and adds no new information other than a middle name, John. Lester's evidence for this middle name is lacking and should probably be disregarded until proved.
A death certificate on file with the Arizona Department of Health Services would seem to be the one associated with this artist. According to the form, a Raymond Poseyesva (no middle name), living "all his life" at Shungopovi, died on March 27, 1953, the cause of death was listed as lead poison. No birth date was recorded, his occupation was recorded as "farming and painting."
A very nice, and early, Hopi flat school watercolor.
Very good condition. Painted on brown wove paper. There is a crease in the extreme lower left corner of the paper, a few specks of foxing, and slight puckering of the painted image from the application of watercolor to the paper, otherwise, considering artist, age, and Second Mesa, Shungopovi provenance, in fine condition.
The Anya Katsina (alt: katcina, kachina, katchina), also known as Angakchina, and is more commonly called Long Hair Kachina. Earle and Kennard (1971:Plate XVI) describe this katsina:
"This Kachina has a counterpart at Zuni and it is significant that many words in the songs are Zuni words. The hair generally the Hopi's own, hangs loosely down his back and downy eagle feathers rise from it. A few also hang from the mask across the beard. A cluster of parrot feathers is tied to the crown. Large ear bobs are used and a black skein of yarn hangs around the neck. The body is painted black and brown."
Hopi artist, Raymond Poseyesva, was part of the early twentieth-century Native American watercolor school that painted in flat style, generally characterized by the absence of, or little use of, perspective or shadow. A contemporary of such early Hopi greats as Otis Polelonema, Fred Kabotie, and Waldo Mootzka, little is known of Poseyesva. Snodgrass (1968:149) mentions his tendency to depict Katcinas, that he was originally from Shungopovi, on Second Mesa, and was, at some time a resident of Winslow, Arizona. Tanner (1973:259) makes slight reference to him, parroting Snodgrass's comments and adding that he was "a very old Hopi in the 1950s...." information probably based on her conversations with Alfred Whiting (see her footnote). Lester (1995:444), repeats Snodgrass and adds no new information other than a middle name, John. Lester's evidence for this middle name is lacking and should probably be disregarded until proved.
A death certificate on file with the Arizona Department of Health Services would seem to be the one associated with this artist. According to the form, a Raymond Poseyesva (no middle name), living "all his life" at Shungopovi, died on March 27, 1953, the cause of death was listed as lead poison. No birth date was recorded, his occupation was recorded as "farming and painting."
A very nice, and early, Hopi flat school watercolor.
