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Traditional Hopi Pueblo Aya - Rattle Katsina Doll - C3535.56

Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Tue, Jul 11th 2017, 2:07pm

Katsina Kachina Doll - C3535.56Many types of katsinas carry a rattle, called aaya or aya, in one hand when they participate in a plaza dance. The rattle is made from a dried, painted gourd and filled with pebbles or dry corn kernels and then fitted with a wooden handle. It makes a clattering sound as it is shaken.

 

Aya Katsina is a katsina whose head looks like the brightly painted rattles that are among the gifts given by katsinas to children at Powamu and Niman ceremonies. The head of the Aya Katsina resembles the painted design found on gourd rattles.

 

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