Bird Katchina
- Date created
- 1930
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Artist/Maker
- Raymond John Poseyesva (Honwynewa), Hopi Pueblo, 1901-1953
- Possible collector
- Lorenzo Hubbell, Jr., Non-Indian, 1883-1942
- Previous owner
- Lorenzo Hubbell, Jr., Non-Indian, 1883-1942
- Previous seller
- J. L. Hubbell Trading Post
- Previous owner
- Dr. Frederick J. Dockstader (FJD), Non-Indian, 1912-1998
- Seller
- Dr. Frederick J. Dockstader (FJD), Non-Indian, 1912-1998
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Lorenzo Hubbell, Jr. (1883-1942, son of John Lorenzo Hubbell and heir to his trading posts at Ganado, Arizona, and elsewhere) and probably acquired by Lorenzo Jr. between 1915 and 1940 during artists' demonstrations held at Hubbell trading posts; purchased by Frederick J. Dockstader (1912-1998, then of the Dartmouth College Museum in Hanover, New Hampshire, and later MAI director) from the Lorenzo Hubbell Company (Winslow, Arizona) in 1954; purchased by MAI from Frederick Dockstader in 1955.
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- Place
- Arizona; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 22/4452
- Barcode
- 224452.000
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- Bird Katchina
- Object Name
- Painting
- Media/Materials
- Paperboard, watercolor
- Techniques
- Painted
- Dimensions
- 24 x 45.3 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_239416