Kachina/Katsina (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Collector
- George A. Dorsey, Non-Indian, 1868-1931
- Previous owner
- Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Collection History
- Collected in 1899 by anthropologist George Dorsey (1868-1931) for the Field Museum of Natural History; acquired from the Field Museum at an unknown date by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist); acquired by MAI in 1933 through an exchange with John Louw Nelson.
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- Place
- Waalpi (Walpi), First 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
- 18/4393
- Barcode
- 184393.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, feather/feathers, hair, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_197230