| There are hundreds of Katsinam who are personifications of supernatural beings, important animals and ancestors. They are an important & treasured part of Hopi culture. They descend on the Hopi villages during the planting & growing season & leave afterwards. Full-figure Katsinas are carved to represent a specific Kachina and to help the child become acquainted with that particular spirit. These full-figure carvings, referred to as dolls, are carefully carved from the strong, light root of a cottonwood tree and then painted with the particular colors of the specific Kachina the doll was meant to represent. |
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