Fetish figure

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Culture/People: Hopi Pueblo
Previous owner: John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963; Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
Collector: Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth/H. R. Voth), Non-Indian, 1855-1931

Collection History: Collected by Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth, 1855-1931, a Mennonite missionary and ethnographer) for the Field Museum of Natural History in 1898; 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 1934 through an exchange with John Louw Nelson.
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Place: Songoopavi (Shongopovi), Second 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: 18/6016
Barcode: 186016.000

Object Type: Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Object Name: Fetish figure
Media/Materials: Stone, paint
Techniques: Carved, painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ad1e7f78-fa60-4c49-af24-73021a33e970

Record ID: NMAI_198914