Our Native American Connection: Native American Pow-wows and Dancers

Kachina Dolls

Kachina Dolls are gifts given in hope of future abundance and health, as well as tools for education. The Kachina Dolls of today's art market are a bridge not only between the spiritual world and mortals but also between Hopis and non-Hopis. Each year Kachinas come, they walk upon the earth and they dance to bring life and renewal. When the Kachinas return to the spirit world at the end of the planting, they return with prayers of the Hopi that we might all continue on this earth for another round in the circle of life.
There are more than 250 different Kachinas, each with its own separate attributes, representing everything from animals to abstract concepts. The Hopi were the original Kachina Doll carvers, using a single piece of cottonwood root. The Navajo began carving in their own creative way, adding leather, feather, beads and turquoise.
Kachina dolls are $79.00 and range in size from 13" to 21" and no two are alike! When ordering state your need and one will be chosen for you.

Our Native American Connection

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Native American Pow-wows and Dancers - Photography by Deb Swingholm