Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist), probably between 1929 and 1935; acquired by MAI through an exchange with John Louw Nelson in 1935.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Jemez Pueblo
- Collector
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Previous owner
- John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, feather/feathers, wool yarn, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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