Neil David Sr. – Sikya Tsuku “Boss” with Doll and Watermelon
$695.00
Neil David Sr.’s creativity with Hopi clowns is endless. This version is of a Sikya Tsuku or Yellow Clown in a very specific role. He has a bold question mark on his torso and a baby doll attached to his back with the word “BOSS” above. For a full explanation, read pages 16-17 in Barton Wright’s “Clowns of the Hopi,” (Northland Publishing, 1994). This Tsuku is 7 3/4″ tall and 3″ wide. From the Brendelle and Fred Walden collection. Signed elaborately with his usual signature plus “Bosses Melon Break.” See buffalobarry.com “Contemporary katsina” category.