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1. VMFAOA_110204_07.JPG: Kachina Dolls: A kachina is the masked spirit revered by the southwestern Puebloan Hopi and Zuni tribes. Kachinas are traditionally believed to inhabit southwestern mountain ranges and can represent a respected ancestor, location or element. Over 400 kachinas exist in Puebloan culture and vary among communities. A kachina is not worshipped, but is venerated as a powerful being that can bring good fortune. The yearly calendar is divided into kachina ceremonies with specific kachina spirits, songs and dances associated with each celebration. Men within the community crease dolls replicating the kachinas participating in the ceremony. The men later dress in the likeness of the kachinas to become kachina dancers. The kachina dancers bring gifts, including the dolls, to children of the village during the ceremonies. The dolls are not given as toys but as objects to be honored by the children. Each child keeps their kachina doll in a place of importance and is studied as part of the child's religious training. Dolls were not produced for the tourist industry until the 20th century.
2. VMFAOA_110204_29.JPG: Goose Landing Mask, 19th century
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2011 photos: Trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences (Savannah, GA, Chattanooga, TN), New Jersey over Memorial Day for my birthday (people never seem to visit New Jersey -- it's always just a pit stop on the way to New York. I thought I might as well spend a few days there. Despite some nice places, it still ended up a pit stop for me -- New York City was infinitely more interesting), my 6th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco). Ego strokes: Author photos that I took were used on two book jackets this year: Jason Emerson's book "The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow As Revealed by Her Own Letters" and Dennis L. Noble's "The U.S. Coast Guard's War on Human Smuggling." I also had a photo of Jason Stelter published in the Washington Examiner and a picture of Miss DC, Ashley Boalch, published in the Washington Post. Equipment this year: I mostly used the Fuji S100fs camera as well as two Nikon models -- the D90 and the new D7000. Mostly a toy, I also purchased a Fuji Real 3-D W3 camera, to try out 3-D photographs. I found it interesting although I don't see any real use for 3-D stills now. Given that many of the photos from the 1860s were in 3-D (including some of the more famous Civil War shots), it's odd to see it coming back. Number of photos taken this year: just over 390,000.
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