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  2. Hopi Kachina figure - Wikipedia

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    Katsina tihu (Kokopol), probably late 19th century, Brooklyn Museum Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as ...

  3. Kachina - Wikipedia

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    A kachina (/ k ə ˈ tʃ iː n ə /; also katchina, katcina, or katsina; Hopi: katsina [kaˈtsʲina], plural katsinim [kaˈtsʲinim]) is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo people, Native American cultures located in the south-western part of the United States.

  4. Neil David Sr. - Wikipedia

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    David was drafted into the US Army in 1965 and served in Germany until 1968. When he returned home he began painting and carving full time. [4] David received national recognition when his paintings and Kachina doll carvings were given multiple page coverage in the Arizona Highways magazine of June 1971, a reference issue devoted entirely to the Kachinas, the Living Spirits of the Hopi. [5]

  5. Doll - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Native American Hopi Kachina doll, probably late 19th century A Greenlandic Inuit doll. Hopi Kachina dolls are effigies made of cottonwood that embody the characteristics of the ceremonial Kachina, the masked spirits of the Hopi Native American tribe. Kachina dolls are objects meant to be treasured and studied in order to learn ...

  6. List of Native American artists - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." [1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a ...

  7. Art of the American Southwest - Wikipedia

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    Zuni and Hopi Kachina dolls are representations of spiritual beings. Hand carved kachina dolls are given to the young girls as gifts given by the Kachina dancers during Kachina ceremonies. [34] 19th century dolls carved with minimum modern tools were finished with abrasive stones and polished smooth with kaolin clay and then painted with ...

  8. Angak - Wikipedia

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    In Hopi mythology, Angak or Angak'china is a male Hopi kachina spirit, represented by spirit dancers and a corresponding kachina doll figure, known to outsiders as Longhair or Long Hair. [1] Angak is originally from the Zuni Pueblo. [1] The goal of the Angak spirit is to bring rain and flowers to the Hopi villages. [2] Angak sings sweet songs ...

  9. Nataska - Wikipedia

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    Atoshli is an ogre kachina at Zuni Pueblo. Cochiti has "River Men" from the Rio Grande who threaten to carry off naughty children in sacks. [ 9 ] The Arizona Tewa also have mythology about cannibalistic ogres who eat children.

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