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Hopi Kachina Dolls with a Key to Their Identification
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Description for Hopi Kachina Dolls with a Key to Their Identification
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 47 photos and 266 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; AFKC; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 358.
A Hopi Indian will tell you that a kachina is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask. Small wooden dolls carved in the likenesses of the various kachinas are used to help to teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions. Each child receives a doll made especially for him by his male relatives. He treasures the doll and studies it so that he can learn to recognised and respect the host of spirit kachinas that people the Hopi world. Kachinas are difficult to classify because different Hopi pueblos have different ideas about their appearance ... Read more
A Hopi Indian will tell you that a kachina is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask. Small wooden dolls carved in the likenesses of the various kachinas are used to help to teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions. Each child receives a doll made especially for him by his male relatives. He treasures the doll and studies it so that he can learn to recognised and respect the host of spirit kachinas that people the Hopi world. Kachinas are difficult to classify because different Hopi pueblos have different ideas about their appearance ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826301802
SKU
V9780826301802
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