A GUIDE TO HOPI KATSINA CARVINGS [SOLD]

A GUIDE TO HOPI KATSINA CARVINGS

Written by Rose Houk

Western National Parks Association, Tucson

Small format booklet, soft cover, 48 pages, beautifully illustrated with photographs of 20 katsina dolls with explanatory text.

From winter solstice until midsummer each year, the benevolent spirits called katsinam live among the Hopi on their three mesas in northern Arizona.  The katsinam, central to Hopi religion, are given form as wooden carvings popularly known as “katsina dolls.”

This booklet is a good introduction to the meaning and use of katsina dolls and an easily understandable explanation of katsina ceremonies.  It is well written and illustrated.