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Kachina

Date1900-1920
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 5 1/4 × 4 in. (40.6 × 13.3 × 10.2 cm)
Object numberT0428
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis is a Hemis, or Ripened Corn Kachina. Kachinas are often associated with different life-giving spirits such as rain, animals and plants. Corn is painted on the towering headdress and references to rain include the stepped outline of the headdress, symbolizing clouds, and the rainbow at the center. Kachina dolls with the identifying characteristics of the spirit beings are created for Pueblo children as well as for sale to tourists and collectors.
Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.

"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.

"American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection," Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceJohn Hill, Scottsdale, Arizona; Lee Cohen, Scottsdale, Arizona; George Shaw, Aspen, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.219.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 252.
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Kachina Doll
Hopi
c. 1900-1920
Kachina Doll
Wilson Tawaquaptewa
c. 1920
Dance Kilt
Tesuque Pueblo
c. 1900-1915
Headdress
Rio Grande Pueblo
c. 1890-1910
Tray
Hopi
1895-1905
Kachina
Zuni Pueblo
1900-1920
Dance Kilt
Hopi
c. 1940
Manta
Pueblo
1910-1930
Caricature of J. H. I. Browere
William Dunlap
after 1827
Blanket
Wah-zah-zhe (Osage)
c. 1890
House Posts
Tlingit (Tongass)
1820-1840
Speaker's Figure
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
1880-1895

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