Wooden Hopi Katchina Dolls representing gods. Artist: Unknown

Wooden Hopi Katchina Dolls representing gods. Artist: Unknown

2-604-970 - © CM Dixon/Heritage Images

Hopi Katchina Dolls, representing the gods of lightning and of corn, made from cotton-wood and painted to resemble dancers in Hopi ceremonies, Made by Zuni, New Mexico, USA. They were given to children to remind them of the tribal gods. From the British Museum's collection.


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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. CM Dixon: British: Photographer

Picture Type
  1. Object

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World North and Central America United States New Mexico

  1. 35 00 00 N , 105 00 00 W

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Society & Culture Family Life

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3750x4669
File Size : 51,296kb


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  1. 4GOEVE8
  1. 1B
  1. 0370001637
  1. 2-604-970
  1. 2604970

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