1900
Height 9 3/4"
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ
The Black Ogre's Uncle (Tahaum Soyoko) arrives with the Black Ogre (Nata-aska). While Ogre Woman (Soyok Wuhti) threatens to physically harm people, Nata-aska and Tahaum Soyoko dance and brandish their weapons. These Ogres are disciplinarians who appear around the time of the Powamuya ceremony. The purpose of these Katsinam is to reinforce the Hopi way of life to the children of the Pueblo. These Ogres accompany Soyok Wuhti on her trip to collect food from the children. As a means of discipline, children are told the Ogres can swallow them whole unless they are good children. The fierce and threatening behavior of these Katsinam strikes fear into the children, but they are eventually saved from imminent danger by the people of their Pueblo.
1900
Height 9 3/4"
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ
The Black Ogre's Uncle (Tahaum Soyoko) arrives with the Black Ogre (Nata-aska). While Ogre Woman (Soyok Wuhti) threatens to physically harm people, Nata-aska and Tahaum Soyoko dance and brandish their weapons. These Ogres are disciplinarians who appear around the time of the Powamuya ceremony. The purpose of these Katsinam is to reinforce the Hopi way of life to the children of the Pueblo. These Ogres accompany Soyok Wuhti on her trip to collect food from the children. As a means of discipline, children are told the Ogres can swallow them whole unless they are good children. The fierce and threatening behavior of these Katsinam strikes fear into the children, but they are eventually saved from imminent danger by the people of their Pueblo.
