Cecil Calnimptewa

Heheya Mana

18" total height


This Kachina Mana is rather common on First Mesa but progressively less so on Second and Third Mesas. She usually accompanies the Nataskas on their collecting trip around First Mesa and occasionally on Second Mesa.

When food is offered that is inferior, or is not offered at all, she whistles and attempts to rope the delinquents to drag them away in lieu of the food.

She does not appear in the Powamu but rather with the Soyoko. The mana is shown fere in the act of roping some poor individual who has not produced the proper food.

- Barton Wright, Kachinas: a Hopi Artist's Documentary (82)


Cecil Calnimptewa is perhaps the most well known kachina carver of today. His work has been featured in nearly ever publication on Hopi kachina dolls and has been the inspiration behind dozens, if not hundreds, of talented new artists' work. Whole volumes have been dedicated to his carvings alone.

As recorded in The Kachina Dolls of Cecil Calnimptewa, by Theda Bassman "Cecil Calnimptewa carved and sold his first Kachina doll when he was 18 years old. Since that time, he has become an innovator, teacher, and master of the art."

He was born on January 1, 1950, into the village of Moencopi near Tuba City, Arizona, and is a member of the Bamboo clan.

His work is known far and wide, as he has received numerous awards and accolades for not only his skills as a carve, but for the innovations in Hopi kachina carving which he pioneered.

"His artistry is exhibited in the fine detail of belts, sashes, and garments as well as musculature, the motion, and active stance of the doll. He produces very realistic figures which have sheer aesthetic beauty and display tremendous power." - The Kachina Dolls of Cecil Calnimptewa.

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