kachina

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"There's a lot of info about them, and they have information that helps people to be able to look at and identify what kachina is being depicted on the basket," Dittemore said.

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  1. noun Any of numerous deified ancestral spirits of the Pueblo peoples, believed to reside in the pueblo for part of each year.
  2. noun A masked dancer believed to embody a particular spirit during a religious ceremony.
  3. noun A carved doll in the costume of a particular spirit, usually presented as a gift to a child.

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  • Rangers, researchers and naturalists, from seasonal to superintendent, could be counted on to have park posters on the walls, a kachina or two on the shelves, Navajo rugs over the industrial-strength carpeting and an assortment of mismatched unbreakable plastic dishes in the kitchen. —  Blood Lure
  • The walls of the studio that stands behind her house are fitted with several altars, on which stand kachina figures and pottery decorated with elaborate abstract designs from the nearby Native American pueblos, statues of saints, a jar stuffed with hawk feathers. —  National Catholic Reporter
  • A Hopi katsina, or kachina, is a deified spirit of the Pueblo people, which includes the Hopis. —  Arizona Daily Wildcat
  • "There's a lot of info about them, and they have information that helps people to be able to look at and identify what kachina is being depicted on the basket," Dittemore said. —  Arizona Daily Wildcat
  • Hopi people learn about the kachinas, these deities, through the gift of kachina dolls. —  Arizona Daily Wildcat
 

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  1. Hopi katsina, supernatural being, masked impersonator of a supernatural being.
 

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/kɑˈtʃinɑ/
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