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In Hopi culture Ruth would now have a total of 8 kachina dolls, each in a place of honor and used to explain to her the symbolism of the Kachina personated by Hopi dancers during their 6 months residence on the mesas.\u00a0 Gabe would not yet be included in a kiva, but that time would not be far off.\u00a0 In these ways the Hopi faith tradition passed from parents to children.<\/p>\n
I had four people at the kachina doll spotlight and two on my tour.\u00a0 Plenty in my world, perhaps not in the museum’s.\u00a0 Lance and his mom, Jan, went on the tour.\u00a0 We started with the kachina, moved to the wonderful housescreen from a Tlingit clan house and stopped by the Olmec mask, the ball game clay figure and the Valdivian owl, a newby like the kachina and the housescreen.\u00a0 From there we saw the Lakota woman’s fancy dress with its turtle motif and looked in general at the objects there, then ended with Whiteman’s wonderful modern piece.\u00a0 The heart line idea, that a line connects your heart to your mind and that it’s shape reveals your ethical and personal development hit home.\u00a0 Jan asked Lance how he thought his heartline was.\u00a0 Profound.<\/p>\n
Back home, tired and ready for a nap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Grandchildren Moon In Hopi culture Ruth would now have a total of 8 kachina dolls, each in a place of honor and used to explain to her the symbolism of the Kachina personated by Hopi dancers during their 6 months residence on the mesas.\u00a0 Gabe would not yet be included in a kiva, … Continue reading Museum Work<\/span>