When Jan Silverman of Fort Lauderdale wants the rain to stop, she speaks to the kachina doll in charge. Kachina dolls are Hopi Indian symbols of tribal beliefs dating back to prehistoric times. Each ...

From a traditional cradle doll hand-painted with natural pigments to a contemporary, intricate belly-ache doll dressed in feathers, no two Kachina dolls made by Hopi artist Sylvan Sahmea are exactly ...

An hour and a half northwest of Flagstaff, Arizona, Hopi carvers carry on a tradition that has been passed down from father to son for generations. The product of that tradition, hand-carved Kachina ...

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Hopi Kachina carvers Ron Honyouti, Wilmer Kaye and Bryson Nequatewa will be among the 25 leading Native American artists whose work will be shown Friday at the 7th Annual Gala Benefit and Preview Sale ...

Contemporary Hopi Kachina Dolls is a handy reference book for collectors of the carved and painted wooden figures. The Hopi have traditionally created kachinas as symbols of the spirits and dancers ...

LITTLE ROCK — Bob Vangilder sat in his living room as American Indian Kachina dolls stood guard all around him. "Everyone is proud to be an Indian now, but it wasn't always like that," he said. Bob ...

To the Hopi, kachinas are spirit-beings associated with rain, corn, animals and other elements critical to life in the desert. Dolls of the same name are crafted for children — not as toys, but as ...