kachina
IPA: kʌʃˈinʌ
noun
- (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).
- (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
- (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
Examples of "kachina" in Sentences
- She was wearing a Kachina dancer's mask.
- Atoshli is an ogre kachina at Zuni Pueblo.
- Mares is most famous for his Kachina pieces.
- Camp Kachina is on the shores of Lake Belton.
- He attended the Kachina School of Art in Phoenix.
- No, kachina and katsina do not need to be capitalized.
- It is the Hopi approach to the art of Kachina doll carving.
- I can't find 'any' Kachina doll images on the site anymore.
- Kokopelli was one of several kachina dolls sold to tourists.
- Voth and Warburg saw a Hemis Kachina dance complete with obscene clowning.