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Object Number
2011.16.89
Display Title
Katsina; entitled "Mudheads," adult with drum; mudhead child on back with rattle; signed "Mudhead by Norman Tom"
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Katsina, standing figure carrying child on back, holding drum and drum stick, feather on top, base
Classification
- Kachina
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1989 or earlier
Artist
Norman Tom
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
<City>
/
Navajo and Zuni Reservation
Materials
Buckskin Feather Wood Paint Fabric Yarn
Dimensions
Overall: 14.8 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm (5 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.16.89; MUDHEADS / By / Norman / Tom
Credit Line
Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(1989)
Collector
Barbara Lurie
(1989-2011)
Dealer
Heard Museum
(1989)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Paul R. Lurie
(6/27/2011)
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