This is a Hopi Kachina (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Wright, Barton (1920-2011)

Publisher: Museum of Northern Arizona

Pub Date: 1965

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  One round sticker mark on upper front cover corner.  Previous owner wrote several notes on inside front cover.  Lower front cover edge has an approx. 1″ x 1/16″ chip.  Upper rear cover corner has an approx. 3″ crease.  Edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Pamphlet.  There are more than 250 different kachinas, “supernatural” beings who visit the Hopi villages during the first half of the year (winter solstice through July).  The kachinas primary aim is “the production of rain, fertility, and growth.”