Catalog of Hopi kachina dolls and how to identify them.
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 and their functions. The late Dr Harold Colton identified 266 different kinds of kachina dolls, and in this book he describes the meaning, the making, and the principal features of all of them.
After even a cursory glance at the book you will yearn for a kachina of your own.
Collectors and museum curators will welcome the revised edition of this book. It remains the best single listing of Kachintihu available.
Of prime importance to collectors and all others wishing to distinguish the genuine Hopi work from the spurious dolls.
The most comprehensive study to date on the Indian deities.
"The most comprehensive study to date on the Indian deities."
Harold S Colton
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