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Title: Hemis kachina, with corn
Creator: Polelonema, Otis, 1902-1972
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1920-1930
Publication Information: Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Pueblo and Plains Indian Watercolors
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description: This painting depicts the Hemis kachina figure holding a bundle of corn. On verso: I (2) Author of life mark, the Life Giver.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: pap00005.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/pap/id/19
Language: English
Subject: Hopi
Ceremonial objects
Corn
Hopi art
Hopi Indians
Hopi Indians-Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America-Arizona
Kachinas
Kachinas in art
Pueblo Indians
Time Period: 20th century
Place: Arizona
Source: Watercolor on paper, 7.75 x 12.75 inches; Hartley Burr Alexander Collection of American Indian Artwork, box 1, folder 5
Relation: Pueblo and Plains Indian Watercolors - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/pap

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