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Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
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Navajo Native American Deer Dancer Kachina Doll
SKU: 216626
Our Price: $99.00
Retail Price: $115.00
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Description

  • This is a Navajo handcrafted Kachina Doll dancer. The Kachina Doll is hand carved and hand painted featuring the costume face and outfit of The Deer. The extensive handcrafting on the Kachina includes Rabbit Fur, leather, feathers and hand painting. The piece is signed by the Navajo Artist Long and is signed Deer.

  • The Kachina measures 10 3/4 inches tall and the base is approximately 3 inches round.

  • Kachina Dolls are gifts given in hope of future abundance and health, as well as tools for education. The Kachina dolls of today's art market are a bridge not only between the spiritual world and mortals but also between Hopis and non-Hopis. Each year Kachinas come, they walk upon the earth and they dance to bring life and renewal. When the Kachinas return to the spirit world at the end of the planting, they return with prayers that we might all continue on this earth for anotherr round in the circle of life. There are more than 250 different Kachinas, each with its own separate attributes, representing everything from animals to abstract concepts. The Hopi were the original Kachina doll carvers, using a single piece of cottonwood root. The Navajo began carving in their own creative way, adding leather, feather, beads and turquoise. For over 2000 years the Indians of the Southwest have danced beneath the heavens, praying to the great spirits for rain and a bountiful harvest. These spirits are embodied by Kachinas, (ka chee`nas). Kachinas represent the spirits of created beings like the soaring eagle and the cunning wolf. During religious ceremonies, the Indians dress up in the elaborate costumes of Kachinas in a celebration of the harmony of creation.

  • You will receive the exact item pictured. We have taken pictures of this distinctively individual item and you will receive exactly this item.


  • SKU #216626
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