The Hemis Kachina, with his beautiful tabllta headdress, leads the Niman Dance celebrating the end of the harvest season, bringing corn from the harvest to the people. Circa 1950s, his tablita is decorated with feathers, symbols for rain and fertility, including a rainbow, and is carved from cottonwood, with flat board for the tabiita, feathers string and paint, 11 inches tall.
The Hemis Kachina, with his beautiful tabllta headdress, leads the Niman Dance celebrating the end of the harvest season, bringing corn from the harvest to the people. Circa 1950s, his tablita is decorated with feathers, symbols for rain and fertility, including a rainbow, and is carved from cottonwood, with flat board for the tabiita, feathers string and paint, 11 inches tall.
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