Mud Head kachina
Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Frances Tabb Smith (1952-1999); inherited by her mother, Julia Tucker Smith (Mrs. Bertram T. Smith, 1919-2007); donated to NMAI by Julia T. Smith in 2001 in memory of Frances T. Smith.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- circa 1995
- Catalog Number
- 25/7313
- Barcode
- 257313.000
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Collector
- Frances T. Smith (Frances Tabb Smith), Non-Indian, 1952-1999
- Previous owner
- Frances T. Smith (Frances Tabb Smith), Non-Indian, 1952-1999
- Julia T. Smith (Julia Tucker Smith/Mrs. Bertram T. Smith), Non-Indian, 1919-2007
- Donor
- Julia T. Smith (Julia Tucker Smith/Mrs. Bertram T. Smith), Non-Indian, 1919-2007
- Honoree
- Frances T. Smith (Frances Tabb Smith), Non-Indian, 1952-1999
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Mud Head kachina
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina
- Media/Materials
- Cottonwood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 20 cm
- Place
- Hopi Reservation; Navajo County, Coconino County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_273217
- Usage
- CC0
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