Shalako kachina

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Date created: circa 1900

Culture/People: Hopi Pueblo
Donor: Emily Fisher Landau (Mrs. Sheldon Landau), Non-Indian; Sheldon Landau, Non-Indian, 1924-2009
Previous owner: Sheldon Landau, Non-Indian, 1924-2009; Emily Fisher Landau (Mrs. Sheldon Landau), Non-Indian; Christopher Selser, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by Sheldon Landau (1924-2009) and Emily Fisher Landau from Christopher Selser (an Indian art dealer in Santa Fe, New Mexico) in 1998; donated to NMAI by Sheldon Landau and Emily Fisher Landau in 2006.
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Place: Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

See related items: Hopi Pueblo; Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/5669
Barcode: 265669.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Title: Shalako kachina
Object Name: Kachina/Katsina
Media/Materials: Cottonwood, feather/feathers, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted
Dimensions: 17.5 x 20 x 9 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws610cf294c-c56d-4930-bf5b-02e8ef44d7f8

Record ID: NMAI_281896