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Satellites
Yaqui Deer Songs/Maso Bwikam
A Native American Poetry
Western Apache Material Culture
The Goodwin and Guenther Collections
Hand Trembling, Frenzy Witchcraft, and Moth Madness
A Study of Navajo Seizure Disorders
In Favor of Deceit
A Study of Tricksters in an Amazonian Society
Arizona Place Names
Quaternary Extinctions
A Prehistoric Revolution
Hashknife Cowboy
Recollections of Mack Hughes
Pedro de Rivera and the Military Regulations for Northern New Spain, 1724-1729
A Documentary History of His Frontier Inspection and the Reglamento de 1729
Some Strange Corners of Our Country
Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres
Point of Pines
A History of the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School
Secrets from the Center of the World
Patarata Pottery
Classic Period Ceramics of the South-Central Gulf Coast, Veracruz, Mexico
Hispanic Arizona, 1536–1856
Of Earth and Little Rain
The Papago Indians
The Lost Gold Mine of Juan Mondragón
A Legend from New Mexico performed by Melaquías Romero
The Meaning of the Built Environment
A Nonverbal Communication Approach
Shattering
Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity
The Question of the Commons
The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources
A Legacy of Change
Historic Human Impact on Vegetation in the Arizona Borderlands
Archaeomagnetic Dating
The View from Officers' Row
Army Perceptions of Western Indians
Musui's Story
The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai
Navajo Trader
The Collapse of Ancient States and Civilizations
Kachina Dolls
Much has been written about the popular kachina dolls carved by the Hopi Indians of northern Arizona, but little has been revealed about the artistry behind them. Now Helga Teiwes describes the development of this art form from early traditional styles to the action-style kachina dolls made popular in galleries throughout the world, and on to the kachina sculptures that have evolved in the last half of the 1980s.
Teiwes explains the role of the Katsina spirit in Hopi religion and that of the kachina dollthe carved representation of a Katsinain the ritual and economic life of the Hopis. In tracing the history of the kachina doll in Hopi culture, she shows how these wooden figures have changed since carvers came to be influenced by their marketability among Anglos and how their carving has been characterized by increasingly refined techniques.
Unique to this book are Teiwes's description of the most recent trends in kachina doll carving and her profiles of twenty-seven modern carvers, including such nationally known artists as Alvin James Makya and Cecil Calnimptewa. Enhancing the text are more than one hundred photographs, including twenty-five breathtaking color plates that bring to life the latest examples of this popular art form.
Doing What the Day Brought
An Oral History of Arizona Women
No Short Journeys
The Interplay of Cultures in the History and Literature of the Borderlands
Los Tucsonenses
The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854–1941
