Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth, 1855-1931, a Mennonite missionary and ethnographer) for the Field Museum of Natural History in 1898; acquired from the Field Museum at an unknown date by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist); acquired by MAI in 1934 through an exchange with John Louw Nelson.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Previous owner
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
- Collector
- Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth/H. R. Voth), Non-Indian, 1855-1931
- Object Name
- Altar figure (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
