Hopi Kachina Dolls

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Hopi Kachina Dolls
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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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Tsitoto
• (Flower Kachina)
• Appears in Water Serpent Ceremony
• Headdresses were normally elaborate and were the
  center of attention.

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• 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.

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• Kipok
• (War Kachina Leader)
• Appears in Plaza Dance

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• 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.

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• Horomana
• (Cold Bringing Woman)

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• Muzribi
• (Bean Kachina)
• Represents a prayer for increased beans. Appears
  in Powamu Bear Dance and Mixed Dances.

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Clown Kachinas
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• Na-ngasohu
• (Chasing Star or Planet Kachina)

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• Probably Hemis
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• 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.

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