Lagon altar (Image withheld)
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Collector
- Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth/H. R. Voth), Non-Indian, 1855-1931
- Previous owner
- Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
- Previous seller
- Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
- Previous owner
- Henry S. Wellcome, Non-Indian, 1853-1936
- Collection History
- Collected by Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth, 1855-1931, a Mennonite missionary and ethnographer) for the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois) in 1899; purchased by Sir Henry S. Wellcome (ca. 1853-1936, son of a missionary based in Wisconsin, and pioneer of the use of airplanes in archaeological surveys) from the Field Museum in 1933; purchased by MAI from Sir Henry Wellcome's estate in 1947.
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- Place
- Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/9870
- Barcode
- 209870.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Lagon altar (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cotton canvas
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_223715