D'Armon Kootswatewa

Mountain Lion

10 1/4" total height


"The Mt. Lion Kachina appears at Pachavu times as does the Tokoch (Wildcat) Kachina. When he carries yucca whips in his hand, he would be one of the Angry or Watching Kachinas

"He may appear in the Mixed Kachina Dance with either Deer or Antelope Kachinas whom he leads for he is always in the front and is never caught. In this role he is a side dancer for the Deer or Antelope and carries a talavaiyi, a cane with eagle feathers and red horsehair fringe, in his hands."

- Barton Wright, Kachinas: a Hopi Artist's Documentary (113)


D'Armon Kootswatewa was born in 1966 and is from Moenkopi, Arizona west of the Third Mesa on the Hopi Reservation. D'Armon has two children with his wife, Louise Kootswatewa. D'Armon first learned to carve from Cecil Calnimptewa Sr. while working on Cecil's ranch long ago.

D'Armon has become an award winning Kachina carver and is one of the most talented Hopi carvers that we have the privilege of working with. In 1993, D'Armon won First Place at the Gallup Inter-tribal Ceremonial for one of his Kachina carvings. He continues to win awards and gain notoriety as one of the best Hopi Kachina carvers in his generation.

"Carving Katsina dolls wasn't regarded as making art when I was learning to do it," says D'Armon Kootswatewa, whose Early Morning Singer (Talavai) Katsina doll is one of the many high-value, wood sculptures that he makes as art objects intended to share aspects of Hopi worldview with others.

Like other successful contemporary Hopi Katsina doll carvers, Kootswatewa feels the pull of two worlds, Hopi and American, the latter often referred to as "Anglo" in the Southwest. "Every Hopi learns and understands unwritten rules.

We are taught to be considerate of all we see. The dolls we make as art objects reflect our respect for others and for the Earth. Our own personalities come into our work. I want to keep the dolls authentic, so now I carve every doll from a single piece of cottonwood root."

- Sculpture Review Spring 2007

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