Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Native art collector Byron Harvey III (1932-2005) from the artist in 1954; donated to MAI by Byron Harvey in 1955.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Artist/Maker
- Frederick Myron, Sr., Hopi Pueblo, 1923-2003
- Previous owner
- Byron Harvey, III (Byron Schemerhorn Harvey III), Non-Indian, 1932-2005
- Donor
- Byron Harvey, III (Byron Schemerhorn Harvey III), Non-Indian, 1932-2005
- Date created
- 1954
- Title
- Tocha kachina
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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