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Hopi kachina dolls : with a key to their identification / by Harold S. Colton ; color photographs by Jack Breed.

Summary:

Here is described what a kachina doll is, how it is made, and the principal features, such as masks and costumes. Two hundred and fifty are identified and each is illustrated with a simplified drawing of a mask showing characteristics useful in identification.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0826300219
  • ISBN: 9780826300218
  • ISBN: 0826301800
  • ISBN: 9780826301802
  • Physical Description: 150 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
  • Edition: Rev. ed.
  • Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1959.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What is a kachina? -- Making a kachina doll -- Principal features of kachina dolls -- Descriptions of kachina dolls -- Hopi deities -- How to identify kachina dolls.
Subject:
Kachina dolls.
Kachina dolls > Identification.
Kachinas.
Hopi Indians > Religion.
Genre:
Field guides.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 99 .H7 K3 C65 1959 253273 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library E 99 .H7 K3 C65 1959 288944 Stacks Available -