Collection History

Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Hopi Arts and Crafts & Silvercraft Cooperative Guild (Second Mesa, Arizona) in 1967; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

Date created

1966-1967

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Hopi Pueblo

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Catalog Number

25/5576

Barcode

255576.000

Photographer

Storey Huma, Jr., Hopi Pueblo, b. 1922

Culture/People

Hopi Pueblo

Artist/Maker

Storey Huma, Jr., Hopi Pueblo, b. 1922

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Hopi Arts and Crafts & Silvercraft Cooperative Guild

Place

Hopi Reservation; Navajo County, Coconino County; Arizona; USA

Title

Dawa (Sun) kachina

Object Name

Kachina/Katsina

Media/Materials

Cottonwood, feather/feathers, yarn, paint

Techniques

Carved, painted

Dimensions

14.1 x 17.4 x 36.5 cm

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Type

Sculpture/Carving/Figures