Hopi kachinas
Subtitle: history, legends, and art
By: by Ron Pecina and Bob Pecina
Contributors: Pecina, Bob
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Atglen, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780764344299
Subjects: Kachina dolls; Hopi art; Hopi wood-carving; Kachinas; Hopi Indians; Material culture
Description: "The Hopi Indians' rich culture and exciting religious ceremonies continue to thrive. However, outsiders have limited opportunity to witness the exciting Katsina dances and ceremonies of the Hopi, save through the well-known and much prized kachina dolls the Katsina spiritually inform. Presenting work from a select set of recognizable Hopi artists, this book relates the detailed history and culture of Hopis in tandem with their creative efforts to showcase that framework: from remarkable paintings to the kachina sculptures and dolls that manifest as physical representations of the Katsinam, the Hopis' spiritual beings. These pieces complement the Pecinas' studious and informative narrative of chronological vignettes and text based on a careful selection of events in Hopi history, oral teachings of great cultural significance, and legends of the Katsinam"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The new world; title: The history gatherers; title: Powamu; title: Visit of the ogres; title: Tow of four hundred; title: Hopi Legends of destruction; title: Night dances; title: Niman or going home ceremony; title: Diety, Katsina, and Tihu; title: Hopi clowns; title: Documentarians; title: Afterthoughts, signing, and sign-off.