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Kachina Figures: Researched by Darbi Dugan and Ashley McLaughlin

January, 2021 by Sarah Teel

Native cultures of the American Southwest produce three main kinds of Kachina figures.  The Hopi and the other Pueblo cultures produce tithu figures, which are religious, educational toys that portray Kachina spirits, the benevolent spirits of the Pueblo religion.  The tithu are carved by men in the community and given to girls at the beginning of the Kachina season, to help … [Read more...] about Kachina Figures: Researched by Darbi Dugan and Ashley McLaughlin

Filed Under: 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas Tagged With: early 21st century art, hemis figure, kachina dancer figure, kachina figures, kocha honau figure, kwahu figure, Navajo/Diné culture, puch'tihu figure, yei figure

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