Kachina
Doll
In age-old rituals, kachina dancers represented gods. To teach children
their traditions, Arizona Hopi make dolls to represent these Kachinas.
This kachina doll is on exhibit In Bringing the Heavens to Earth, currently
at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum.
© 2002 Adler Planetarium
and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL. Photo by Steven Lane. Reproduced with
permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution
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