Kachina Doll – 19th Century Hopi Rugan - Nagyayatotaka - Swaying Man Katsina Doll - katsina group accompanied by Corn Maidens, play on rasp musical instruments
Kachina dolls are ceremonial gifts representing Kachinas or spirits of the Hopi Native American tribe. The dolls are made of cottonwood and are meant to be educational as well as decorative. Illustrations by Jesse Walter Fewkes Design © HTM Images, 2011
John C. Hill is an experienced dealer in fine antique Hopi Kachinas and Zuni Kachinas, Navajo weavings, early jewelry, old pawn, baskets, paintings and pottery from the Southwest. ATADA member does appraisals and expert necklace stringing and repair. Purchasing Southwest Indian collections. Selling reference books, Native American.
John C. Hill is an experienced dealer in fine antique Hopi Kachinas and Zuni Kachinas, Navajo weavings, early jewelry, old pawn, baskets, paintings and pottery from the Southwest. ATADA member does appraisals and expert necklace stringing and repair. Purchasing Southwest Indian collections. Selling reference books, Native American.
John C. Hill is an experienced dealer in fine antique Hopi Kachinas and Zuni Kachinas, Navajo weavings, early jewelry, old pawn, baskets, paintings and pottery from the Southwest. ATADA member does appraisals and expert necklace stringing and repair. Purchasing Southwest Indian collections. Selling reference books, Native American.
WHY KACHINAS? I was born in Williams, Arizona and grew up in Northern Arizona, in the shadow of the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. At the age of nine, I visited Taos, my mother’s birthplace. In the galleries of Taos, I realized that I would be an artist. Following High School, I studied independently, and painted in my
I recently thrifted a framed print of a kachina doll by Homer Boelter, a skilled wood engraver and a master of the lithographic processes. Fascinated by my new treasure, I researched the artist online and discovered…
Kachinas are not gods, but the symbolic representations, in human form, of the spirits of plants, animals, birds, places or ancestors. Since it is only the spirit that is depicted, there is no attempt at realism in the portrayals. Kachinas at one time lived with the Hopis after their emergence from the underworld and brought…
Traditional style Hopi Kachinas, Kachina dolls, Katsinas
The Hopi Winter Solstice Soyal ceremony begins on the shortest day of the year, symbolizing the Dawn of Life. Prayers plan for the coming year, turning back the sun.
Traditional style Hopi Kachinas, Kachina dolls, Katsinas
flashback photo, assumed to be taken during season 1 in 2009
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In 1903, a 30 year old Hopi man named Kutcahanauu, also called White-Bear, was hired by an American anthropologist to record different kachinas (spirits revered in Hopi and Pueblo culture).
