Hermes 1992 Vintage Turquoise Kachinas by Kermit Oliver with Blanc Matte Overlay Twill 90cm Lovely palette!

Rare Hermès scarf, model Kachinas, offered here in its first issue of 1992 designed by Kermit Oliver with its blanc matte overlay (painting effect on some parts only..see the 2 last pics, sublime!)

HOPI KATSINA. Supernatural being or masked impersonator of a supernatural being. Any of numerous deified ancestral spirits of the Pueblo peoples, believed to reside in the pueblo for part of each year. A masked dancer believed to embody a particular spirit during a religious ceremony. A carved doll in the costume of a particular spirit, usually presented as a gift to a child.

Kermit Oliver, born 1943, August 14, Refugio, Texas
Education: 1967 Texas Southern University, Houston, TX ,
B.F.A. Composite Degree/Bachelor of Science-BFA/Art Education
Recipient of Jesse Jones Art Scholarship
1966 Rice University, Summer Program Studied with Elaine de Kooning
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2005 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (lifetime retrospective )
1997 Kermit Oliver: Painting, "Texas Realists: Contemporary Artists Exhibit"

DESIGNS:
AMERIQUES
CANADA
CHEYENNES
CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE
DANSES DES INDIENS
FAUNE ET FLORE DU TEXAS (TEXAS WILDLIFE)
KACHINAS
MADISON AVENUE
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE,
MYTHOLOGIES DES HOMMES ROUGES
NATURALIA
PANI-LA SHAR PAWNEE
PLUMES DE L'OUEST
PONY EXPRESS
RODEO DES COWGIRLS
TSITSIKA