Snake Dancer kachina

Date created
1964-1965
Culture/People
Hopi Pueblo
Artist/Maker
Richard Sitko Pentewa (Dick Pentewa/Sitsgoma), Hopi Pueblo, b. 1927
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Museum of Northern Arizona Museum Shop
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Museum of Northern Arizona Museum Shop (Flagstaff, Arizona) in 1965; 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
26/1996
Barcode
261996.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
Snake Dancer kachina
Object Name
Kachina/Katsina (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Cottonwood, feather/feathers, commercially tanned leather, paint
Techniques
Carved, painted, tied
Dimensions
10 x 10 x 29.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6edd8182a-1432-4d36-83c7-c21a03e8fba3
Record ID
NMAI_278103