kachina

Any of numerous deified ancestral spirits of the Pueblo peoples, believed to reside in the pueblo for part of each year.

A masked dancer believed to embody a particular spirit during a religious ceremony.

A carved doll in the costume of a particular spirit, usually presented as a gift to a child.

Same as katcina.

A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).

A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.

A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift

a deified spirit of the Pueblo people

a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit