Hopi Pueblo Cold Bringing Woman Kachina By Carlton Timms

ca. 1990

11.5" H

Hand Carved from Cottonwood Root Holding a Cane and a Bundle with Great Carved Detail

In Very Good Condition

Carlton Timms (a Hopi or Navajo artist known for carving katsina dolls) created a notable example of this katsina around 1990. It's a carved wooden doll approximately 11.5 inches tall, depicting her in traditional attire with snowy white hair, a shawl or blanket, and accessories like a comb or staff. The piece is signed on the base as "CARLTON TIMMS." 

The Cold Bringing Woman, or Horo Mana, as she is called by Colton, is usually known by the name of Yohozro Wuhti.

Horo Mana, Yohozro Wuhti, or Cold Bringing Woman Katsina) is a traditional Hopi katsina (spirit being) that appears primarily during the Powamuya (Powamu) ceremony on First Mesa in the Hopi Pueblos of northeastern Arizona. This female katsina is associated with bringing cold weather, moisture, and snow—essential for agriculture and renewal in the arid Southwest. She often accompanies Nuvak'china (Snow Katsina) and may carry a Hopi comb to playfully muss hair or a yucca whip, symbolizing her role in winter's arrival and purification. As her name implies, she brings the whiteness of winter.