Hopi Katcinas

by Jesse Walter Fewkes

Fascinating U.S. Government ethnological study made at the turn of the century explores the use of katcinas—Hopi god symbols—in Pueblo Indian culture. 260 katcina figures on 62 black-and-white plates are reproduced here from original drawings by native artists. 62 plates. 260 black-and-white figures. Introduction.

144 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1985

About the author

Jesse Walter Fewkes (November 14, 1850 – May 31, 1930) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, writer, and naturalist.

Fewkes was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 14, 1850, and initially trained as a zoologist at Harvard University. He later turned to ethnological studies of the Native American tribes in the American Southwest.