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 RON
HONYUMPTEWA-Kachina Carver
Ron Honyumptewa
was born April 23rd, 1970 at Tuba City. His parents are Joseph Honyumptewa
and Charlene Holmes. Ron is a member of the Sun Clan as is his mother
and his father is a member of the Bamboo Clan. Ron was raised at
Moenkopi. He comes from a family of very fine Kachina carvers. His
mother’s brother was Tom Holmes who is now deceased. His uncles
Loren Phillips and Stetson Honyumptewa are some of the finest and
well known carvers as are his cousins Leonard Selestewa and Jonathan
Cordero. Ron is married to Lucinda and has a son, Lance who is 16
years old and a 10 year old daughter named Rachelle. In addition
to carving, Ron is also a police officer.
Ron learned to carve by watching Tom, Leonard and John carved in
about 1986. Then Tom gave him his first piece of wood in 1989 and
a knife to carve with. Ron started out making sculptures and then
moved on to female Kachinas and then moved on to males. His favorite
Kachina to carve is the turkey because of the challenge of carving
the feathers.
Ron has won awards at Gallup Inter-Tribal, the Heard Museum and
at the Prescott Indian Art Show. He also was a 1st place at the
State Fair and the Mayer’s award.
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