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QueYamaNe, the Corn Girl
Object Number 45-30-10/100536.1.5
Display Title QueYamaNe, the Corn Girl
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Hopi. / Arizona. / Queya-Ma-Ne, "Corn Girl". Hopi. Arizona, Oraibi, Aug. 23, '39. "Hisotyr of "Que ya ma ne, the Corn Girl had been recorded. She was stolen by Mexicans (?) when only a child. Hair bound with wool and horse hair. Drawn at Oraibi, 1939."
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Drawing and Graphics
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Woman
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
Materials Sepia Print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 17.15 x 27.94 cm (6 3/4 x 11 in.)

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