Hopi Kachina Dolls - With a Key to Their Identification (Paperback, Revised)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1970
First published:	May 1970
Authors:	Harold Sellers Colton
Dimensions:	233 x 151 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	150
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-0180-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms > Carving & carvings
LSN:	0-8263-0180-0
Barcode:	9780826301802

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