Culture/People:

A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Edwin Francis Coffin (E. F. Coffin), Non-Indian, 1883-1946  Search this

Expedition:

Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku Expedition (1917-1923)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Frederick Webb Hodge (F.W. Hodge), Non-Indian, 1864-1956  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928  Search this

Subject:

Kanta, A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this

Object Name:

Life cast (No image available)

Media/Materials:

Plaster

Techniques:

Modeled, painted

Object Type:

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place:

Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA

Date created:

1921

Collection History:

Made by MAI staff member Edwin F. Coffin during the 1921 season of the Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku expedition, which was led by anthropologist Frederick Webb Hodge (1864-1956) and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928). As part of the same study, Coffin made phenotypic photo studies of the same individuals and others.

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Catalog Number:

10/9690

Barcode:

109690.000

See related items:

A:shiwi (Zuni)

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64386f7f2-35b4-4d1a-9019-55936b626dae

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_118403