Name: Navajo Butterfly Kachina Doll
SKU: NK12-C12
Availability: InStock

Navajo Butterfly Kachina Doll

$48.00

Navajo Butterfly Kachina Doll

Named for the beautiful butterflies, Butterfly directs the Medicine Man to ingredients that can be used to make medicine. The Butterfly Kachina brings together unmarried men and women. During the Butterfly Social Dance, the Kachinas appear as a pair, one female and one male.

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Navajo Butterfly Kachina Doll

Named for the beautiful butterflies that land on flowers and herbs, Butterfly directs the Medicine Man to ingredients that can be used to make medicine. The Butterfly Kachina (Poli Mana or Palhik Mana) brings together unmarried men and women. During the Butterfly Social Dance, the Kachinas appear as a pair, one female and one male.

Navajo Butterfly Kachina Doll

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Dimensions:

16 in. tall

Native American Hopi Kachina Dolls:

Hopi Katsinam are crafted to acknowledge celestial beings, significant animals to the Hopi people, and the ancestors who help with their harvest, raising their spirits as well as raising their children. The Hopi people believe that the Katsina dancers possess supernatural powers, though they are men from the village wearing masks and feathered costumes.

There are hundreds of Hopi Katsinam, “personations” of supernatural beings, important animals and ancestors who help the Hopi people raise their crops, their children, and their spirits. The Katsina dancers are men wearing masks–each of which represents a particular Katsina–and paint and feathered costumes. Everyone in the village, aside from the children, knows that the Katsina dancers are actually men from the village, though Katsinam are still believed to have supernatural powers. Much of the value in these dances is found to be instructing the young.

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