katcina
or ka·tchi·na
[ kuh-chee-nuh ]
noun
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How to use katcina in a sentence
No women wear katcina masks in a Hopi ceremony, the female Katcinas being invariably represented by men.
Human Animals | Frank HamelMany pictures of masks on modern Tusayan bowls are identified as Tacab or Navaho katcinas.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter FewkesA chief personifying the same supernatural flogs children when they are initiated into the knowledge of the katcinas.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter FewkesThese katcinas, as divinized ancestors, are supposed to return to the villages and receive prayers for rain.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 | Jesse Walter Fewkes
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