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Description
Photograph of 3 Hopi Indian ceremonial kachina dolls on display, ca.1900. Two standing figures flank a third consisting of human bird figure perched on the back of a human figure on all fours. Labels below the dolls identify them. Only the 1st is legible: "Mashayeshmana(?) (Tihu): The Katchina carries on the back a [...] stylized, in the right hand a flat [...], and in the left hand a little bunch of grass. On the right side of the head [...] the ear is represented a squash-blossom. Mishongovi, Arizona, 1900. No. [...]. Presented by Mr. Stanley McCormick, Rev. H.A. Voth, collector."
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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