This is the softbound volume of the immensely popular "Kachinas Spirit Beings of the Hopi" book by Avanyu.
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Paintings and descriptions of seventy-nine Kachinas from the Hopi perspective.
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Neil David, Sr. is an accomplished painter, lithographer, artist, and carver of Kachina dolls. He and his family are active in his and his ancestors' home of First Mesa on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona.
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Wonderful Companion Book,
By A Hopi Art Collector (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kachinas: Spirit Beings of the Hopi (Hardcover)
If you are a serious collector of Hopi katsinam (kachina dolls) or are seeking accurate illustrations of the nearly 400 katsinam, I would highly recommend this outstanding book as a companion to Barton Wright's foundational work (Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary). Neil David has been called the "Norman Rockwell of Native America" and rightfully so. His illustrations are some of the best and showing both front and back views of each katsina is much appreciated. Most of the 79 katsinam contained in this book are not in Wright's book and several are extremely rare and seldom, if ever, seen or carved. Start with Wright's book and then add this one. You can't go wrong with either!
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A Must to Own,
By "bluecrow" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kachinas: Spirit Beings of the Hopi (Hardcover)
This is the most comprehensive book on the Kachina to date. This book is the only one where the illustrator has depicted not only the front of the figure, but also the back and this makes this book a must to own for anyone who studies the Kachina or who is an artist and wants to be completely accurate in the depiction of the figure. The figures are historically and spiritually exact and are certainly meant as a tribute to the figure as a revered being.Truly a fine publication and well worth the cost.
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collectors and carvers reference,
This review is from: Kachinas Spirit Beings of the Hopi (Paperback)
A must have for serious collectors of Hopi Katsina dolls. Along with Wright/Bahnimptewa's book this book provides collectors and carvers with descriptions and carefully detailed pictures of the Hopis' Katsina dolls. Neil David's work is outstanding.
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This is an ogre/whipper type Kachina. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
this kachina, fast parade, social dancer, informant states, side dancer, eastern pueblos, summer dances, pueblo people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third Mesa, Second Mesa, Old Oraibi, First Mesa, Bean Dance, Cat Kachina, Hopi Kachina, Zuni Butterfly Maiden, Laguna Pueblo, Poli Kachina, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Soyoko Wuhti, Tewa Kachina, Zuni Pueblo New!
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This is an ogre/whipper type Kachina. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
this kachina, fast parade, social dancer, informant states, side dancer, eastern pueblos, summer dances, pueblo people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third Mesa, Second Mesa, Old Oraibi, First Mesa, Bean Dance, Cat Kachina, Hopi Kachina, Zuni Butterfly Maiden, Laguna Pueblo, Poli Kachina, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Soyoko Wuhti, Tewa Kachina, Zuni Pueblo New!
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- The Moki Snake Dance by Walter Hough on page 97, and Back Matter
- Hopi Katcinas (Dover Books on the American Indians) by Jesse Walter Fewkes in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- New Mexico: A Promise Made/A Place Called Home/Making Amends (Heartsong Novella Collection) by Janet Lee Barton in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Hopi Katcinas Drawn by Native Artists by Jesse A. Fewkes in Back Matter
- The Old Man by George Wright in Front Matter
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- Treasures of the Hopi by Northland Editors on page 56
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