NATIVE KATSINAS & ARTIFACTS

Katsinas are a very prominent and important part of Hopi life. Hopi Katsinas are supernaturals, embodying the spirits of living things. They are believed to possess powers over nature, especially weather. To Hopis, it is essential to preserve harmony with the world around them, not only with man and other animals but with objects in nature, which the Hopis believe to be possessed of life. Since the katsinas embody these spirits, they are the spiritual guardians of the Hopi people and their way of life. And since they can insure human, animal and plant fertility, they insure life itself.