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Object Number
981-21-10/58616
Display Title
Powamu Katsina, painted wood with yarn attached.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Powamu"
Object Description
Powamu Katsina, painted wood with yarn attached.
Inventory Description
Kachina, wood, polychrome, squash blossoms at head, 1 broken, rattle/wand
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1963
Artist
White Bear
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Navajo County
/
New Oraibi
Additional Geographic Terms
Third Mesa
Materials
Wood, Yarn, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 30.8 x 10 x 9.5 cm (12 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
981-21-10/58616 & squiggly line and paw (Bear Clan symbol?) & HOPI & 1963
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Mischa Titiev
(1963?)
Donor
Prof. Mischa Titiev
(1981)
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