Book
Hopi Kachinas
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • New York • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Kennard, Edward A. (Edward Allan), Earle, Edwin.
Abstract
The dances and ceremonials of the Pueblo Indians are some of the most colorful and elaborate performances still carried on by Native Americans in the United States. This source, which focuses on the Hopi of Oraibi in the 1930s, presents a detailed study of the various dance and ceremonial dramas which play such an important role in the lives of the people, creating and sustaining a sense of well-being between man the spirit world of the Kachinas. Kennard's text provides much information on the role of the Kachinas in Hopi life, the masks and other materials used to impersonate these spirits in the ceremonials, the annual ceremonial cycle at Oraibi, the intricate (e. g., Powama and Kachina society initiation ceremonies). The text is beautifully illustrated with paintings (plates 1-28) depicting the various Kachina spirits as impersonated in the dances.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Artist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1988
- Field Date
- 1932-1938
- Coverage Date
- 1930s
- Coverage Place
- Oraibi Pueblo, northeastern Arizona, United States
- Notes
- by Edwin Earle. Text by Edward A. Kennard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50)
- plates repaginated as pp. 51-107
- LCCN
- 71139867
- LCSH
- Hopi Indians