Hopi Kachina Dolls with a Key to Their Identification

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 1972. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 5th Printing of the 1969 Revised Edition of the 1949 First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the half title page. Book Condition: Good +; moisture stain to wraps at lower 1/3rd of spine and onto bottom edges of wraps; light soiling and rubbing to wraps with no penetration to pages; light soiling to textblock fore edge from thumbing pages. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 150 pp 8vo. 47 photographs, 14 in full color, and 266 line drawings. A kachina (Kachintihu) is a supernatural being who is impersonated by a man wearing a mask and are used to help teach Hopi children the tribal religion and traditions. The author identified 266 different types of kachina dolls and in this book he describes the meaning, the making, and the principal features of each of them. A clean presentable copy.