To Pray For Rain

Acrylic, 36" x 36"

In the arid lands of our Southwest
pueblos, ceremonial concentration
is on life-giving rain. When
successful, the answer results in
corn, essential to physical and
spiritual sustenance.
A magnificent Kachina figure,
carrier of prayers to be borne on
feathers, dances on this very large
old storage jar. The ancient
painted two-piece headdress and
gourd rattle echo that messenger’s
proper attire to begin the somber

ceremony.