Detail View: Image Archives: Masao Kachina Doll
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File Name:
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IV.CI-AC.11795.D.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.CI-AC.11795.D
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collection:
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Anthropology
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title:
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Masao Kachina Doll
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creator:
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Richard M. Wicker
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creator type:
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Photographer
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creator:
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Jenny Rodger
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creator type:
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creator digital collection
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description:
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The kachina represents the spirit of the earth god. Masao Kachina does not live in the mountains like the other kachinas, and he can visit the Hopis at any time of the year. He often comes in August after the Niman Kachina, when the other kachinas have departed. The Hopi recognize approximately thirty-six major supernatural beings or deities. Masao rules the earth's surface, which he allotted to the Hopis, and the underworld, where he terrifies all as the diety of death. Called Masawkatsina/Màasaw in the Hopi Dictionary.
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date:
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Jan. 10, 2011
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date type:
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date of photograph
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date:
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1945-1985
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date type:
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date of creation
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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modified:
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No
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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1.70 MB
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source:
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Nikon D300, Born Digital
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rights:
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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