ID: 901000062 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000062	Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend

	Kachinas (Native American characters)

Note: Totems of the Hopi, Zuni, and Pueblo cultures. In traditional religions of the Pueblo Indians of North America, any of more than 500 divine and ancestral spirit beings who interact with humans. Each Pueblo culture has distinct forms and variations of kachinas.

Names:

	Kachinas (Native American characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Kachina (Native American character) (English,A,N)
	Katsinas (Native American characters) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
		........<Southwestern Native American iconography> (P)
		............<Southwestern Native American characters> (P)
		................Kachinas (Native American characters) (I)

Other Relationships:

	symbolic attribute is .... kachina dolls
	.....(dolls (figurines), figurines, sculpture by subject type, sculpture (visual works), visual works by material or technique, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... spirits (beings)
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Kachinas (Native American characters)
	................Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Kachina (Native American character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Katsinas (Native American characters)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Kachina," accessed 16 June 2017
	................ Dumbarton Oaks online (2002-)