Each Hopi child receives kachina dolls made especially for him by his male relatives. These are not toys but objects to be treasured and studied as part of religious training. They are hung on the ...

Traditionally, Pueblo Indians, including the Hopi and Zuni ... which are given to the children to teach the next generation about the Pueblo spirits. These kachina dolls stayed within the Pueblo ...

A unique exhibition, celebrating the resurgence of a traditional carving method, features dozens of the Katsina (or “Kachina ... young Hopi children receive these dolls during ceremonies ...

Contemporary Hopi Kachina Dolls is a handy reference book for collectors of the carved and painted wooden figures. The Hopi have traditionally created kachinas as symbols of the spirits and dancers ...

We recently had a project involving Southwest art, in which we fell in love with the items we were appraising. The largest section of this project had to do with Kachina dolls. We knew they were ...

Three main tribes produce Kachina dolls, which are believed to capture the spirit of community members. The Navaho, Zuni and Hopi are the most ... are colorful fulland child-sized dolls.

The product of that tradition, hand-carved Kachina dolls, were on display in Desert Hot Springs last weekend. Darance Makwesa Chimerica, one of the three Hopi carvers featured at the cultural ...

a popular tourist stop on the way to the Grand Canyon. He mostly sells carved wooden kachina dolls made by Hopi artists. Day explains that the carvings depict spirits who represent everything from ...

It's a Hopi kachina, and the top part's called a tableta ... GUEST: I don't know enough about them, no. APPRAISER: These are to educate the children and young people in the tribe about the ...

The Liriodendron Foundation in Bel Air will host an exhibit of Hopi Indian Style Kachina Dolls collected and also carved by Harford County Council President Richard Slutzky. A reception with the ...