Native American Indian Hopi Kachina Dolls by Harold Colton before establishing permanent stores in

before establishing permanent stores in Denver and Cheyenne

440 illustrations

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All have been collected and captioned by the author who is the foremost expert on the Corps history

from the Lehigh Valley in the east to Pittsburgh and Beaver County in the west

Native American Indian Hopi Kachina Dolls by Harold Colton before establishing permanent stores inTable of Contents A Hopi Indian will tell you that a kachina is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask. Small wooden dolls carved in the likenesses of the various kachinas are used to help teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions. Each child receives a doll made especially for him by his male relatives. He treasures the doll and studies it so that he can learn to recognize and respect the host of spirit kachinas