Painted Thoughts FAITH
by Jean Pacheco Ravinski
Title
Painted Thoughts FAITH
Artist
Jean Pacheco Ravinski
Medium
Painting - Painting With Pixels
Description
FAITH
This is a painting of a sacred Hopi Kachina Hilili helmet mask that was auctioned off in France against the wishes of the Hopi people because the Hopi�s faith is that they believe this mask is actually alive by their faith. When the masks are not used, they are stored behind muslin screens so they can �breathe� and are ritually �fed� corn pollen.
The Hopi tribal mask is revered as a sacred ritual artifact by the Native American Hopi tribe in Arizona. The masks are worn by dancers during religious ceremonies and are considered as living beings. They are considered so sacred, in fact, that in Dec. 2013 a US charity spent $530,000 to rescue 24 Hopi artifacts from an auction in Paris, in order to return them to their rightful owners. (http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/us-charity-bought-hopi-masks-530k-then-returned-them-tribe-001117#!bDZsXr)
I had been reading about repatriation (http://nmai.si.edu/explore/collections/repatriation/)
from the Smithsonian�s National Museum of the American Indian. They were discussing how the masks were being kept from the Hopi. (http://www.france24.com/en/20130411-arizona�-hopi-tribe-faces-off-against-paris-auction-house/)
And once again another recent auction this past June, 2014 in France:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-native-american-hopi-sacred-mask-auction-paris-20140627-story.html
HILILI Helmet Mask, from the � Hilili-i-i � cry HOPI, Arizona � CA, 1880/1890. Recycled leather (boot and saddle), horse hair, feathers, wood and cotton.
Digital painting
File size 1024X768 ppi
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August 16th, 2014
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