kachina (n.)

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

  2. a deified spirit of the Pueblo people

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

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