Monument Valley Kachina Dolls

Title

Monument Valley Kachina Dolls

Artist

Priscilla Burgers

Medium

Photograph - Photography - Digital Painting - Fotopainting

Description

MONUMENT VALLEY KACHINA DOLLS by PRISCILLA BURGERS

Kachina dolls line up as if dancing on a shelf in the Monument Valley Tribal Park Gift Shop. One of the Mittens Formations is in the background behind a window. A kachina (also katchina, katcina, or katsina; plural katsinim) is a spirit being in western Pueblo religious beliefs. The kachina concept has three different aspects: the supernatural being, the kachina dancers (masked members of the community who represent kachinas at religious ceremonies), and kachina dolls, small brightly painted wooden dolls carved in the likeness of kachinas given as gifts to children. These figurines are given to children not as toys, but as objects to be treasured and studied so that the young Hopis may become familiar with the appearance of the kachinas as part of their religious training. During Kachina ceremonies, each child receives their own doll. The dolls are then taken home and hung up on the walls or from the rafters of the house, so that they can be constantly seen by the children. The purpose of this is to help the children learn to know what the different kachinas look like. It is said that the Hopi recognize over 200 kachinas and many more were invented in the last half of the nineteenth century. Among the Hopi, kachina dolls are traditionally carved by the uncles and given to uninitiated girls at the Bean Dance (Spring Bean Planting Ceremony) and Home Dance Ceremony in the summer.

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SOLD:
-18" X 24" Jigsaw puzzle to buyer from Elko, NV on 12/1/2023. Thank you!
-14" x 9.5" canvas to a buyer in Willow Springs, IL on 11/8/2020. Thank you!

FAA Featured Photo:
-FotoPainting Group - 9/5/2015
-Cafe Art Group - 9/6/2015
-Appreciating Quality Works From All Mediums Group - 9/6/2015
-1 A Day Waiting Room Art Group - 9/6/2015
-Greeting Cards For All Occasions Group - 9/6/2015
-Arizona Photography Group - 9/11/2015
-All Red Rock Country Group - 10/4/2015
-Any Native American Nation or Reservations Group - 10/4/2015

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