Mouse Warrior

The Mouse Warrior (Tusun Humitsi), from a Second Mesa Legend, is not a Katsina, but tiny hero figure and fierce little hunter who tricked a pesky chicken hawk into impaling himself.

Cottonwood root, acrylic paint, knife carved

• about 10 inches tall
• base is 8 x 3 inches

Wilfred Kaye, Hopi, Arizona