Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Schickler, 1922-2009) and Eloise L. Carter (photographers of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs, and MAI research associates between 1964-1976); donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest S. Carter in 1975.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Hopi Pueblo
- Previous owner
- Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009
- Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Ernest S. Carter (Ernest Sigmund Carter/Ernest Sigmund Schickler), Non-Indian, 1922-2009
- Eloise L. Carter (Eloise [Ellie] Leona Carter/Mrs. Ernest S. Carter), Non-Indian
- Title
- Supai kachina
- Object Name
- Kachina/Katsina
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 29 cm
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
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