Blue Whipper (Sakwa Hu) kachina
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Artist/Maker
- Keith Torres, Hopi Pueblo
- Previous owner
- Michael Epstein, Non-Indian
- Rhoda Epstein, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Michael Epstein, Non-Indian
- Rhoda Epstein, Non-Indian
- Previous seller
- Museum of New Mexico Museum Shop
- Collection History
- Purchased by Michael and Rhoda Epstein at the Museum of New Mexico Shop (Santa Fe, New Mexico) in 1989; donated to NMAI by Michael and Rhoda Epstein in 2002.
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- Date created
- 1988-1989
- Catalog Number
- 26/1517
- Barcode
- 261517.000
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Title
- Blue Whipper (Sakwa Hu) kachina
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina
- Media/Materials
- Cottonwood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 11 x 11 x 25 cm
- Place
- Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Hopi Pueblo
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_277615
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68a9534e3-8aab-4897-8bd7-e161e9032696
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