Wakas kachina
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- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Collector
- Frederick W. Volz (Frederick William Volz), Non-Indian, 1856-1913
- Previous owner
- Frederick W. Volz (Frederick William Volz), Non-Indian, 1856-1913
- Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
- Seller
- Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
- Collection History
- Collected by Frederick W. Volz (1856-1913, a trading post owner at Canyon Diablo and Oraibi, Arizona) at an unknown date; purchased by the Fred Harvey Company (Indian arts dealers in the Southwest) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from the Fred Harvey Company in 1919.
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- Place
- Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/974
- Barcode
- 090974.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Wakas kachina
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cotton cloth, paint, feather/feathers, vegetal fiber
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, sewn, tied
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_98006