Each kachina is defined by a unique mask that they wear, their clothing, and the objects they carry. To the Pueblo people, kachina dolls are ritual objects with specific functions within their religious beliefs. Since the start of the 20th century, kachina dolls have also become popular ...
Doll, child’s toy modeled in human or animal form. It is perhaps the oldest plaything. No dolls have been found in prehistoric graves, probably because they were made of such perishable materials as wood and fur or cloth, but a fragment of a Babylonian
Ahola– Also known as Ahul this Hopi kachina, embodied by a man, is one of the important chiefkachinasfor the First and Second Mesas because he opens the mid-winter Powamu ceremony, sometimes called the bean planting festival. On the first night of the festival, he performs inside a kiva...