Corn Maiden Kachina
The Hopi Corn Maiden Kachina, or Kachin-Mana, is a prayer for corn. Appearing in the regular Kachina dances she carries baskets of corn. She honors Mother Earth's constant ability to feed the Hopi people.
She has great presence with her hair in the dramatic style typically worn by young, unmarried maidens, called "squash blossoms" or "butterfly whorls", in her dark woven manta and white robe and buckskin boots.
Circa 1920s, cottonwood, paint and feathers, 7 ½ inches tall.
The Hopi Corn Maiden Kachina, or Kachin-Mana, is a prayer for corn. Appearing in the regular Kachina dances she carries baskets of corn. She honors Mother Earth's constant ability to feed the Hopi people.
She has great presence with her hair in the dramatic style typically worn by young, unmarried maidens, called "squash blossoms" or "butterfly whorls", in her dark woven manta and white robe and buckskin boots.
Circa 1920s, cottonwood, paint and feathers, 7 ½ inches tall.
The Hopi Corn Maiden Kachina, or Kachin-Mana, is a prayer for corn. Appearing in the regular Kachina dances she carries baskets of corn. She honors Mother Earth's constant ability to feed the Hopi people.
She has great presence with her hair in the dramatic style typically worn by young, unmarried maidens, called "squash blossoms" or "butterfly whorls", in her dark woven manta and white robe and buckskin boots.
Circa 1920s, cottonwood, paint and feathers, 7 ½ inches tall.