Catalogue Description:
This kachina doll has a helmet style mask with a handprint for a face and squash blossoms for ears. He wears a black bib and carries feathered wands in each hand. He also wears a fringed dance skirt. The original name comes from the Culin journals.This kachina may be related to Salomopia Shikan'ona, the Black Warrior of the Nadir. This kachina role is to assemble with the other Salomopia kachinas (twelve in total). Their primary ceremonial is initiation. As a small part of the complicated ceremony their role is to 'whip' anyone who wishes to have a good corn harvest.
