Detail View: Image Archives: Tasaf Yebitchai Kachina Doll
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File Name:
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IV.CI-AC.4830.D.jpg
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catalog number:
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IV.CI-AC.4830.D
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collection:
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Anthropology
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title:
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Tasaf Yebitchai 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 case mask is painted white with a green corn plant in lace of a nose. Its eyes and mouth are interlocking half squares. An ear of corn is painted in place of ears. It has a douglas fir ruff, velvet shirt and trousers, and red moccasins. Appears as a leader in the Navajo Kachina Dance. Called Tasapkatsina in the Hopi Dictionary. It's a Navajo Yé'ivitsha kachina: Yé'ivitsha is a Navajo supernatural being.
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date:
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Jan. 10, 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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1.42 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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