Hopi Kachinas
By: by Edwin Earle. Text by Edward A. Kennard.
Contributors: Earle, Edwin, 1904- illus.
Edition: 2d ed., rev.
Publisher: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Kachinas; Hopi Indians -- Religion
Description: In December, 1935, Edwin Earle arrived in Oraibi. He lived for a year on the Hopi mesas and witnessed a full cycle of kachina dances. The images in this volume were chosen from among the kachinas he painted. Dr. Edward Kennard prepared a text that explains the meaning of kachina ceremonialism, and this book was first published in 1938. Although several books on Hopi Kachina dolls are readily available; it is more difficult to find literature on the ceremonies themselves. Kennard's text and Earle's paintings bring the kachinas to life for the contemporary student of Hopi religion.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 49-50.