Kwikwilyaqa (Mocking) kachina

Date created
1966-1967
Culture/People
Hopi Pueblo
Artist/Maker
Vernon Mansfield, Sr., Hopi Pueblo, b. ca. 1931
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Hopi Arts and Crafts & Silvercraft Cooperative Guild
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Hopi Arts and Crafts & Silvercraft Cooperative Guild (Second Mesa, Arizona) in 1967; 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
26/2017
Barcode
262017.000
Object Type
Sculpture/Carving/Figures
Title
Kwikwilyaqa (Mocking) kachina
Object Name
Kachina/Katsina
Media/Materials
Cottonwood, yarn, commercially tanned leather, cotton twine/string, juniper bark, glue, paint
Techniques
Carved, painted, tied, glued
Dimensions
17.0 x 15.5 x 36.0 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws663829c9a-36f4-4b06-8768-4daf20b7157e
Record ID
NMAI_278124