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“Grandmother” by L. Poofey

Nobody knows how many kachinas there are, since new images and stories emerge constantly, and many kachinas are specific to particular villages. The relatively simply style of this doll is similar to most of the early kachinas from before they were amplified by the tourist market. Source: Private collection.