Dora Deen Frank Miniature Navajo Parrot Kachina Carving

Artist: Navajo carver Dora Deen Frank

Medium: Cottonwood root with leather belt, fringe on moccasins, wooden rattles, feathers, painted leather skirt, fur at neck and feathers on head

Size:  1 5/8" round cottonwood base/ 2 1/2" H x 1 1/2" Deep x  1 5/8" Across

The Parrot Kachina appears on all three mesas and very little is known about him.  He appears in the Water Serpent Ceremony on First Mesa and the Line Dance on Second Mesa.  He disappears and the reappears.