Toson Koyemsi (Mud Head Ogre) kachina
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- Date created
- 1983
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Artist/Maker
- Herbie Talahaftewa, Hopi Pueblo
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Robert Dean Gallery
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Robert Dean Gallery (Scottsdale, Arizona) in 1984; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Place
- Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/641
- Barcode
- 260641.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Toson Koyemsi (Mud Head Ogre) kachina
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina
- Media/Materials
- Cottonwood, feather/feathers, yarn, ribbon, paint, glue
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, glued, tied
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 7.0 x 24.0 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_276808