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.