ARHI 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kachina
12 Apr 2017
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Associated with solstices, constellations, plants, and animals. Annual festivals celebrate rain, fertility, and good hunting. Cloud symbols (on headdress) connected to a rain festival. Carries a rattle and a sprig from a douglas fir tree (represented by a feather) This figure helps ensure a successful corn crop. Tlaloc: the aztec god of rain and of the earth"s fertility. Identified by the use of the colors blue and white. Also with symbols of raindrops and water plants. It is believed that such vessels as this were used in ceremonies to appease tlaloc. Tlaloc"s rain brings food, and therefore life, to the people. Depicts the cycle of life and death directly. In order to survive, the fox must kill and eat the rat. It may find itself the victim in the future. Courbet emphasizes fleeting existence and delicacy of life. Marks the transition from life to death.
