Cloud Maiden Kachina sculptures Mark Roanhorse Crawford uses various

Mark Roanhorse Crawford uses various chemicals to achieve the different colors of silver in his pieces

Zuni Buffalo Fetish

water-like motif

giving the piece the look of a lively sampler

At the center

Cloud Maiden Kachina sculptures Mark Roanhorse Crawford uses variousHand Carved and Painted Hopi Cumulus Cloud Maiden (Tukwinong Mana) Kachina Holding a Bowl of Corn. She is the female counterpart, sister, or companion of the Cumulus Cloud Katsina (Tukwinong), a cloud being associated with bringing heavy summer rains to nourish the crops. In Hopi tradition, the Cumulus Cloud Kachinas represent the large thunderclouds that build during the summer monsoon season, connected to to rain, fertility, and agricultural