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Kachina Dolls

Kachina Dolls are figures carved, typically of cottonwood root, by Hopi people and may have various uses.

Kachina Dolls might be used to instruct new brides about katsinas the immortal beings.

Kachina Dolls represent katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural order

Kachina Dolls depict katsinas or katsinam, and serve as messengers between humanity and the spirit world.

Kachina Dolls depict katsinas, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world