File Name:
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IV.CI-AC.4403.D.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.CI-AC.4403.D
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collection:
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Anthropology
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title:
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Wuyak-ku-ita Kachina Doll
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creator:
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Richard M. Wicker
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creator type:
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Photographer
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creator:
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Jenny Rodger
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creator type:
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creator digital collection
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description:
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The mask is made from a yucca basket covered with cotton cloth and painted black and sprinkled with gypsum fragments to give it a glittering appearance. His teeth are made of neatly twisted corn husks and the beard is made of horse hair. Wuyak-ku-ita appears in the Bean Dance at First Mesa with Soyoko. "Snake kachina". Called Wuyaqqötö in the Hopi Dictionary.
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date:
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Jan. 11, 2011
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date type:
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date of photograph
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date:
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1945-1985
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date type:
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date of creation
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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modified:
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No
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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1.27 MB
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source:
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Nikon D300, Born Digital
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rights:
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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