The Patun-Kachina sacred mask of the Native-American Hopi Tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
Seventy masks will be auctioned by the Néret-Minet Tessier and Sarrou auction house on April 12, 2013. Hopi Tribe leader LeRoy Shingoitewa has asked the house to stop the sale and restore the masks to the tribe.
The Ho-ote sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Acoma sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Kwaakatsina sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Kwaakatsina sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Honan Kachina sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Wuyak-ku-ita sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Chof Cachina sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Hilili sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.
The Wakaskatsina sacred mask of the Hopi Arizonas Indian tribe. AFP PHOTO / MIGUEL MEDINA.