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 ARVIN
SAUFKIE-KACHINA CARVER
Arvin Saufkie
was born April 28th, 1977 at Tuba City.
His parents are Jenny Roy and Andrew Saufkie. His mother is of the
Coyote Clan and his father is from the Bear Clan. Murphy comes from
a family full of fine artists. His mother’s family are well
known for their fine Kachinas. Her brothers are Coolidge, David
and Silas Roy. Andrew’s father is the famous Hopi artist, Paul
Saufkie.
Arvin has two other brothers who carve Kachinas. They are Murphy
and Ruben. Arvin learned to carve by watching his uncles carve.
He says that he learned from Silas Roy and that Silas gave him his
first piece of wood. He use to sand for Silas and began carving
his own Kachinas in 1995.
Arvin says “You see a little bit of my uncle’s dolls in
my dolls.”
Arvin likes to try new things and his favorite Kachina doll to carve
is the eagle.
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