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 ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Native American art has taken on many forms, ...

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 ...

Kachina dolls, embodying the beliefs, social structure and moral values of the Native American Hopi have fascinated and inspired artists for a century. Andre Breton, the founder of the surrealist ...

There is a lot of confusion about kachinas, what they are, what they mean, where to get authentic ones, and even how to spell the name. While kachina is the spelling most widely accepted and used, ...

We recently had a project involving Southwest art, in which we fell in love with the items we were appraising. The largest section of this project had to do with Kachina dolls. We knew they were ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A kachina is a supernatural being ...