page_title: Pueblo clown
hierarchical_section_title: Pueblo clown
caption_attribution_description: English: Ceramic sacred clown inside a display case. This is on display in the lobby of the Buffalo Thunder Hilton Resort Hotel in Pojoaque, NM.
context_page_description: The Pueblo clowns are jesters or tricksters in the Kachina religion. It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritual practice of the Pueblo people. Each has a unique role; belonging to separate Kivas and each has a name that differs from one mesa or pueblo to another.
context_section_description: The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacred clowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Kachina religion (practiced by the Pueblo Indians of the southwestern United States).  It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritual practice of the Pueblo people. Each has a unique role; belonging to separate Kivas (secret societies or confraternities) and each has a name that differs from one mesa or pueblo to another.
caption: Ceramic sacred clown by Kathleen Wall Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico
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