Hermès Kachinas 90

Designer: Hermès
Pattern: Kachinas
Color: Blue
Size: 90cm
Material: 100% Silk
Artist: Kermit Oliver
First Issued: Original Motif 1992
Condition: In good condition. A few areas of discoloration shown in last photos.
Includes: Box and will always include signature Abigail Goodman gift wrap

From The Hermès Spring-Summer 1992 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: These dolls represent household spirits. A kachina, to the Hopi Indians of the south-west United States, is some sort of Santa Claus, except that we have but one Santa and he only comes to visit in December. The Hopis have over a hundred kachinas, each with a special function - one to bless good children, another to punish the bad ones, a third to bring rain, a fourth to guide the hunter's hand... There's division of labor for you!

From The Hermès Fall-Winter 2019/20 Seasonal Scarf Booklet: Kachinas are ritual dolls used by the children of the Hopi First Nation - Native American Pueblo peoples living in the southwestern United States. The peace-loving Hopi - Hopituh Shi-nu-mu means peaceful people - live in close connection with the spirits. Ancestors, clouds, the gods of fire or rain, and malicious or benevolent spirits are personified in religious ceremonies undertaken by boys from the age of six as part of their initiation. Forming a link between the worlds of the real and the invisible, the brightly painted wooden dolls with their myriad symbolic designs are given to children to familiarise them with ancestral rituals and culture.