Name: Navajo Ogre Disciplinarian Kachina Doll
SKU: NK43-1
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Navajo Ogre Disciplinarian Kachina Doll

$32.00 – $48.00

Native American Navajo Made Ogre Disciplinarian Kachina Doll

The Navajo make the Ogres in a male and a female form. The Ogres are used to threaten small children when they misbehave and are commonly called the boogeymen.

Navajo Kachinas come in 11″ $32.00, 13″ $40.00 or 15″ $48.00

Navajo Ogre Disciplinarian Kachina Doll

Native American Navajo Made Ogre Disciplinarian Kachina Doll

The Navajo make the Ogres in a male and a female form. The Ogres are used to threaten small children when they misbehave and are commonly called the boogeymen.

Please choose leather clothes colors: red, white, black, tan/gold or blues/greens. We try to match your selection but will email if color isn’t in stock. Navajo Kachinas come in 12″ $32.00, 13″ $40.00 or 15″ $48.00

Navajo Kachina Dolls: Made by the Navajo Nation to support their villages, Navajo Kachinas are beautiful, sought after, and affordable. They come in three different sizes. Please choose leather/clothes colors: red, white, black, tans/golds, blues/greens. The feather colors vary.

It is clear upon examination of these dolls that the Navajo Kachina is not hand-carved from cottonwood root as are the Hopi Katsinam. The body parts of the Navajo Kachina are machine made; the dolls are then pegged, glued together, clothed and painted and hand-finished by the Navajo maker. These are more a totem item rather than an embodiment of the spirit as they are made to support the village.

Ultimately the purpose of the Navajo Kachina dolls is a creative source of income for the Navajo people. The dolls are excellent souvenir-quality pieces. They borrow from many cultures to create these sculptures that are priced significantly below the usual Hopi hand-carved Katsina dolls. These dolls can be offered at economical prices for several reasons. First, the wood used for the Navajo Kachina dolls is not from the root of a cottonwood tree. The woods they use are strong and more abundant. Second, most of the parts of the Navajo Kachina dolls are machine worked, then assembled by hand. This allows them to be produced in higher quantities than the individually detailed Hopi Katsinam. Once assembled, the Navajo Kachinas are painted and decorated by hand and then distributed to retailers for sale to the public. Third, as they are initially machined, they can be produced and finished by many people rather than one.