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Diorama figuring Awatovi Expedition, depicts J.O. Brew and William Claflin
Diorama figuring Awatovi Expedition, depicts J.O. Brew and William Claflin
Object Number 996-26-10/75391
Display Title Diorama figuring Awatovi Expedition, depicts J.O. Brew and William Claflin
Descriptions
Object Description Diorama figuring Awatovi Expedition of 1930's. Wooden shadowbox with glass front window; opens at top. In left foreground are J. O. Brew and William Claflin looking at the site. Kneeling in right foreground is a Hopi worker with shovel, pickaxe and trowel. There is a stone wall behind him. In the background are ruins, a man walking, and dirt and low scrub growth.
Inventory Description Diorama depicting southwest? excavation, two men standing and one worker
Classification
  • Diorama
Department Replicas and Dioramas
Date ca. 1940
Artist Theodore B. Pitman, Jr.
Artist Pitman & Guernsey Studios
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Antelope Mesa / Awatovi
Materials Wood Plaster Paint Glass Metal
Dimensions Overall: 56.1 x 76.3 x 37.3 cm (22 1/16 x 30 1/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 996-26-10/75391
Credit Line Gift of Helen Spring
Provenance
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (1935-1950 ca.)
Donor Helen Claflin Spring (9/28/96)

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