Kachina Paintings

While the original paintings are no longer available, the following Kachina images are here for your enjoyment.

Beware, the child who misbehaves, for this and other fearsome ogres will come for you during the Kachina Ceremonies. Your grandmother will have to trade groceries and other gifts, as well as solemn promises for your improved behavior in order to secure your release. 

This is a representation of a Cow Kachina, one of the many  Kachinas who dwell high atop the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona. Dancing and chanting, the Kachinas visit the Hopi Villages during the first half of the year, bringing blessings and carrying away gifts and prayers for fertility and rain.. The name Wakas comes from the Spanish, Vacas, or cows. 

 

KWAA
(Eagle Kachina)
John Farnsworth
Watercolor / 14" x 10"

CHAVEYO
John Farnsworth
Acrylic on Canvas
20" x 24" 
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This Chaveyo Kachina is from the Heard Museum  collection, in Phoenix. It represents an Ogre Kachina Spirit believed to dwell atop the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona. I especially like him for the cleverly painted abstraction of a cowboy shirt that he is wearing. I apologize for the quality of this image, and I'll get it re-photographed as soon as possible.




WAKAS
(Cow Kachina)
Watercolor
12" x 9"
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SIO CALAKO
(Hopi version of Zuñi Homeblesser)
Oil on Canvas
12" x 9"
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STARGAZER
(Holi Kachina)
Watercolor
10" x 14"
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Collection: Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, Arizona

MOUNTAIN LION KACHINA
Oil Pastel on Canvas
36" x 36"
NFS
Available as a giclée fine art print on canvas
Limited to 50 plus 5 artist's proofs
40" x 40" 
USD $1875

The experts have labeled this Kachina a Kweo, or Wolf Kachina. Having been face to face with a Mountain Lion on a moonless night, however, I prefer to think of it as a Mountain Lion Kachina. It is in my own private collection.

These are Wolf, or Kweo, Kachinas. To me the complete lack of a snout is an indication that the Kachina above is something other than Kweo. Because each of the Hopi Villages features different versions of each Kachina, and because of differences due to time and individuality  among carvers, it is often difficult to accurately identify a doll.

 
FROM THE MYTH
(Hopi Shalako Mana)
Watercolor
10" x 14"
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CHUCKLES
Acrylic on Paper
3" X 3"

 

HOUSE BLESSER
Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 36"
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HOME BLESSER
(Zuñi Shalako  Kachina)
Watercolor
18" x 11"
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Featured in:
Arizona Highways Magazine, July, 1989, Page 16
Available as a Giclée Fine Art Print
18" x 11"

HOME BLESSER II
(Zuñi Shalako  Kachina)
Watercolor
22" x 15"
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Collection: Jane Halliday

KWEO
Wolf Kachina
Acrylic
48" x 60"
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This painting was featured at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico event, Collect New Mexico, June 23, 2005.


 

PAHLIK MANA

(Female Shalako)
John Farnsworth
Acrylic on Canvas /36" x 48"
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This is a Hopi Kachina doll. It represents the spirit of the female Shalako Kachina. It would be danced by a man, however, as only men perform in the Kachina Ceremonies.  Mana denotes feminine. Shalako is the Kachina that bestows blessings on new homes and construction. Featured in KATSINA, the new book by Zena Pearlstone, from UCLA's Fowler Museum. SHALAK' MANA, CALAK' MANA (alternate spellings)