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Object Number
45-25-10/28710
Display Title
Work helmet of Alosaka Katsina
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Alosaka-Chief Katsina-aka Muyingwa
Inventory Description
Headdress, wicker shell, gray wool, twisted fiber cord, lt gray hide horns
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 17.8 x 36.5 x 21 cm (7 x 14 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28710/ POISON
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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