Native American Indian Hopi Kachina Dolls by Harold Colton SHORT-NECK

SHORT-NECK

alphabetically from the Akro Agate Company to the Fenton Art Glass Company

a brief notation as to the origins or designers and the principal weapon for which each round is intended

used by the NWMP

MC PHERSON

Native American Indian Hopi Kachina Dolls by Harold Colton SHORT-NECKTable of Contents A Hopi Indian will tell you that a kachina is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask. Small wooden dolls carved in the likenesses of the various kachinas are used to help teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions. Each child receives a doll made especially for him by his male relatives. He treasures the doll and studies it so that he can learn to recognize and respect the host of spirit kachinas