kachina

Examples

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• The museum has an impressive display of traditional kachinas carved from wood, each representing a different spirit.

• Now the kachinas were intricate, meaningless sculptures that sold for thousands of dollars in hushed, carpeted galleries.

  Fiction book (1994)

• So that is Kachina because it looks like a woman with a baby on her back.

• This is an excellent collection of kachina dolls.

  The Ghost Dance (1982)

• Kachina dolls were considered very sacred.

  The Ghost Dance (1982)

• "You've been to kachina ceremonials," he said.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He was a member of a kachina society and had duties to take care of at the kiva society.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "Chee was remembering the kachina dance, the koshare performance.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Beside the kitchen door, a shelf held three kachina figures, a seed basket, two good examples of Acoma pottery, and a plastic clock made to represent a coyote howling.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Tourists often buy kachinas as souvenirs to remember their visit to the Southwest.

Synonyms

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wakan

vskachina

• US

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A holy power, spirit, or special object in Native American religion

is a culturally specific spirit figure often shown as carved dolls or masked dancers

Surface Forms

Etymology