Shirt Ripper Kachina age_contemporary This bola tie has a

This bola tie has a figure eight backing

The coins are dated 1965 to 1969

and sterling silver

Navajo Weaving in the Burntwater Regional Style with Vegetal Dyed Yarn by Lisa Anderson

Shirt Ripper Kachina age_contemporary This bola tie has aHand Carved and Painted Hopi Shirt Ripper (Novantsi tsiloaqa) Kachina. His name roughly translates to he who strips you your clothes. This uncommon Kachina is a runner who quite literally lives up to his name: If he catches someone who is not running fast enough, he tears or rips whatever clothing he can grab, causing the unlucky runner to lose his shirt. Barton Wright, in Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary Old style Kachinas are traditionally made