![]() Kachinas are understood as having humanlike relationships they may have uncles, sisters, and grandmothers, and may marry and have children. The local pantheon of kachinas varies in each pueblo community there may be kachinas for the sun, stars, thunderstorms, wind, corn, insects, and many other concepts. There are more than 400 different kachinas in Hopi and Pueblo culture. ![]() The term also refers to the kachina dancers, masked members of the tribe who dress up as kachinas for religious ceremonies, and kachina dolls, wooden dolls representing kachinas which are given as gifts to children.A kachina can represent anything in the natural world or cosmos, from a revered ancestor to an element, a location, a quality, a natural phenomenon, or a concept. In later times, the kachina cult have spread to more eastern Pueblos, e.g. The western Pueblo, Native American cultures located in the southwestern United States, include Hopi, Zuni, Tewa Village (on the Hopi Reservation), Acoma Pueblo, and Laguna Pueblo. All serious offers considered.A kachina (also katchina or katcina, pronounced /kəˈtʃiːnə/ Hopi: katsina /kətˈsiːnə/, plural katsinim /kətˈsiːnɨm/) is a spirit being in western Pueblo cosmology and religious practices. Is does need to be professionally cleaned by a jeweler but I will leave that to the new owner. It is stamped "Sterling" on the reverse along with the name of the maker. The kachina is holding a dagger in his right hand and a feather in his left hand. There is also a ruby colored stone in the kachina's heart. In the center of the kachina is a gold Billiken with a coral colored stone in his bellybutton. ![]() Graves in the 1950-60 for a member of the Royal Order of Jesters who belonged to a Kachina Club. ![]() This kachina was custom-made by jewelry artist Sam W. ![]()
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