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Object Number 45-30-10/100536.1.2
Display Title Chief Tawaquptewa
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Hopi. / Arizona. / Chief Tawaquptewa, Hopi, Old Oraibi, Arizona, July 31 '39. "Chief Tawaquptewa. Superb head of an old man; wears violet glasses, purple band on head. He could barely see me through glasses and Ihave caught that look well.""
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Social and Political Figure
  • Drawing and Graphics
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Chief
Department Photographic
Date 1939
Artist Woltz
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Third Mesa / Oraibi
Additional Geographic Terms Third Mesa
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 x 27.94 cm (6 1/2 x 11 in.)

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