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What is a kachina?

What is a kachina? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
  2. (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
  3. (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
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Commercial art includes the making of kachina dolls, silver jewelry, woven baskets, and pottery.
The kachina dancers are sacred and represent the rain gods.
The array of historical treasures range from a butterfly kachina to a buckskin dress.
Among American Indian dolls, the kachina doll of the Pueblo Indians is noteworthy.
The name of this kachina was Hair Eater, and he was supposed to cut off the hair if he beat the boy, but he never did beat him.
The kachina religion was most active among the western Pueblos and was less important as one traveled east.

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