Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
He based the name off the petroglyphs and pictographs depicted on the base of the bridge, believing that the carved figures represented Kachina dancers. [4] [5] In July 1992, Approximately 4,000 tons of sandstone fell from the inside of the Kachina bridge, enlarging the opening considerably. [6] Prehistoric structures and pictographs at Kachina ...
Horsecollar Ruin Owachomo Bridge Owachomo Bridge at night Kachina Bridge. Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Four Corners boundary of southeast Utah, in the western United States, at the junction of White Canyon and Armstrong Canyon, part of the Colorado River drainage.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
A kachina (/ k ə ˈ tʃ iː n ə /; 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.
Kachina Peaks Wilderness is a 18,616-acre (75 km 2) wilderness area about 6 miles (10 km) north of Flagstaff within the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona. [ 1 ] The wilderness encompasses most of the upper reaches of the San Francisco Peaks including Humphreys Peak , Arizona's highest point at 12,643 feet (3,854 m).
Kachina Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,622 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ] Kachina Village is primarily a bedroom community for Flagstaff .
Katsina tihu (Kokopol), probably late 19th century, Brooklyn Museum Hopi katsina figures or Hopi kachina dolls (also spelled Hopi katsina figures or Hopi katsina dolls; Hopi: tithu or katsintithu) are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about kachinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the ...