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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 12866880, member: 8267&quot;]The Kuwan Heheya kachina is a traditional Hopi kachina. &quot;Kuwan&quot; means fancy, or colorful. He typically carries a rattle and feather, and wears&nbsp; a white kilt and blue boots. He appears during the Niman festival held on First Mesa, which works to bring rain during the corn growing season, and a good harvest. Symbols on his face and kilt are related to rain, harvest, and fertility. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your figures have the features of the Hopi kachina, but they appear to have been made by a Navajo carver. Kachinas are not a part of Navajo tradition, but Navajo carvers produce them for sale. Navajo figures tend to have more embellishments such as fur and leather, while the more traditional Hopi carvings may have yarn ruffs but not many other additions. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have not been able to find information about Delbert Charley, but as Bronwen notes it sounds like a Navajo name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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