ENGLISH

Hopi Kachina Dolls with a Key to Their Identification

By Harold S. Colton , Jack Breed

Book information

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
1970
ISBN
9780826301802, 0826301800
Open Library ID
OL18190132M
Language
english
Format
GZ
Filesize
2 MB (2010597 bytes)
Pages
160\0
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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 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 recognize 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 S. 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. Each type of doll is pictured in a simplified line drawing. There is also an illustrated key to help the collector identify the various types.

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