Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary is one of the most loved guides to Hopi katsina figures, the spirit beings central to Hopi religious and ceremonial life. Its lasting appeal lies in the partnership at its heart: text by Barton Wright, the leading non-Native authority on the subject, paired with original paintings by Hopi artist Cliff Bahnimptewa, who depicted a remarkable sequence of katsinam in full color. Published with the Heard Museum in Phoenix, it pairs scholarly description with art made from within the culture itself.
This copy is the seventh printing of 1994 of the title first issued in 1973, and the title page carries Barton Wright's bold ink signature beneath the half-title illustration. The cheerful pale-yellow boards, with their turquoise sawtooth border and Bahnimptewa's figures front and back, are characteristic of Northland Publishing's handsome production. A signed copy of a benchmark katsina reference, the kind of accessible-yet-authoritative book that introduced countless readers to Hopi art.
Seventh printing (1994), signed by Barton Wright
The copyright page lists a first printing in 1973 and a seventh in 1994; this is the seventh — but signed by the noted Hopi-art scholar Barton Wright. This is a Northland Publishing book; see how Northland Publishing states its first printings.
| Author | Barton Wright; paintings by Cliff Bahnimptewa |
| Publisher | Northland Publishing / The Heard Museum |
| Year | 1994 |
| ISBN | 0-87358-110-5 |
| Edition | Seventh printing (1994), signed by Barton Wright |
| Signed | Yes — Signed by Barton Wright across the title page. |
| Condition | Pictorial hardcover, some cover soiling. |
| Topic | Hopi kachina (katsina) figures |
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