Hemis Kachina
Jemez (also called Hemis) Kachina that appear in the Home Dance at Hopi. These are dance figures with rattles and spruce boughs in their hands. They have very tall tablitas with feathers.
Tableta (headress) has classic "phallic" art, symbolic of fertility and the harvest.
- Object: Hemis Kachina
- Artist: Julia Healing
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: -
- Culture Area: southwest
- Cultural Group: Hopi
- Cultural Context: Appears in the Niman Ceremony (Home Dance) in July-August when spirits return to the mountains for a period. This time also signifies the beginning of the harvest, and Hemis will often give gifts to children and bring prosperity and good luck to all.
- Donor: Carey M. Vanderkar
- Catalog #: 110.031