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Hopi Hopi Kachina Kachina
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These uniquely Hopi artworks are called "dolls," but that is a bit of a misnomer. Kachinas (or katsinas) are actually stylized religious icons, meticulously carved from cottonwood root and painted to represent figures from Hopi mythology.
Tcof
(Antelope Kachina)
Usually accompanied by the Wolf Kachina. He makes the rains come and the
grass grow. Appears in Mixed Dances.
Kachina were stylized figures that often combined human
and animal forms together into one figure.
Suprai Kanin
(Cohonino Kachina)
Represents the Havasupai neighbors to the west.
These figurines were symbols for different things around them, from other tribes, to the spirits of animals, wind, rocks, plants,
rain, etc.
Tsitoto
(Flower Kachina)
Appears in Water Serpent Ceremony
Headdresses were normally elaborate and were the center
of attention.
Ang-Akchina
(Long Hair Kachina)
The bringer of gentle rains and
flowers.
The painted designs on these Kachinas usually had
distinctively bold lines, dots, shapes, and colors.
Kipok
(War Kachina Leader)
Appears in Plaza Dance
Konin
(Cohonino Kachina)
Sometimes these shapes and colors were arranged to create different overlapped shapes, such as the large triangle formed by the stacked smaller triangles to make the mouth.
Horomana
(Cold Bringing Woman)
Muzribi
(Bean Kachina)
Represents a prayer for increased beans. Appears in Powamu
Bear Dance and Mixed Dances.
Clown Kachinas
Na-ngasohu
(Chasing Star or Planet Kachina)
Probably Hemis or
Sio Hemis
(Jemez or Zuni Hemis Corn Kachina)
Most often used in the Niman or Going Home
Ceremony. The first Kachina to bring corn to
the Hopi.