Katsinam are spirits from the mythology of the Hopi Indians of Arizona. There are some four hundredof them, embodying beings or qualities : animals, plants, types of behavior, etc. The dolls that represent them enable children in particular to familiarize themselves with these spirits. The Laboratoire d'Anthropologie sociale houses twelve of them, presented by Pr Descola.
Watch the second episode of Professor Descola's article on katsinam dolls, which represent the spirits of Arizona's Hopi mythology.
