Malcolm Fred
Pronghorn
13" total
height
Like most of the other game
animals, this Antelope / Pronghorn, or Chof, kachina dances for
the increase of his kind. "When he appears, whether in the
kiva or as a group in the plaza, it is in the hope that more
of his kind will be around for harvesting by the Hopis.
The Hopis may offer him cornmeal
and prayer feathers and explicity state the wish that he will
remain and allow them to take some members of the Antelope family.
The stick that he holds in his hands represent the front legs
of the animal when he walks or dances."
- Barton Wright, Kachinas: a Hopi
Artist's Documentary (165)
Malcolm comes from a large
family of Kachina carvers which include brothers Jim, Verlan,
Henry, Nathan and Glen. He has been carving and winning awards
since he was a teenager.
His awards include a Zuni
Fire God which he entered into the 1996 Arizona State Fair. He
is married to and has 3 children with a Zuni lady. One of his
favorite kachinas is the whipper which he seems to do most frequently.
Malcolm is of the Greasewood
and Roadrunner clans, and was raised in the village of Bacavi.
He has been carving for 25 years. His motivation comes from his
religion, history, and the freedom of expressing his inner feelings.
Malcolm continues to achieve
incredible realism in his figures, and is known for his large
and well-proportioned figures.