Kachina/Katsina (No image available)
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- Culture/People
- probably Hopi-Tewa (attributed)
- Collector
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Previous owner
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Collection History
- Collected by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist), probably between 1929 and 1935; acquired by MAI through an exchange with John Louw Nelson in 1935.
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- Place
- Hanoki (Hano, Tewa), First Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi-Tewa
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/7548
- Barcode
- 187548.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina (No image available)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_200566