MS 4290 Wolf Robe Hunt drawings of Acoma katsinas and ceremonial objects
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4290
label: Conservation Note
content: The drawings were laminated between thin sheets of cellulose acetate in the 1950s, probably at the National Archives. The laminate is still whole but is subject to tearing, cracking or splitting.
label: Publication note
content: The drawings were reproduced in Stirling, Matthew W.  "Origin Myth of Acoma and Other Records." Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 135 (1942).
label: Variant Title
content: Drawings of kachinas and ceremonial apparatus
name: label: Artist
content: Hunt, Wolf Robe, 1905-1977
place: label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Kachinas
creator: label: Artist
content: Hunt, Wolf Robe, 1905-1977
culture: label: Culture
content: Acoma Pueblo
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content: MS 4290 Wolf Robe Hunt drawings of Acoma katsinas and ceremonial objects
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Wolf Robe Hunt (1905-1977), also known as Wayne Henry Hunt and Kewa, was an Acoma artist.  Hunt is most known for his silversmithing and turquoise jewelry, but was also a painter, dancer, lecturer, and writer.  He owned and operated various trading posts and galleries in Oklahoma.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 38 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor and colored pencil, laminated)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were collected by Matthew W. Stirling and deposited in Bureau of American Ethnology archives (now the National Anthropological Archives) by him in 1948.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4290
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The drawings are arranged in the order they appear in "The Origin Myth of the Acoma and Other Records."
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: OPPS NEG 45,014-A--H

OPPS NEG 45,014-J--O
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 38 drawings made by Wolf Robe Hunt, under the direction of his father, Edward Proctor Hunt (also known as Gi-rri), who was a member of the Koshari.  The Hunts were part of a group from Acoma Pueblo and Santa Ana Pueblo visting Washington in September and October 1928.  The drawings were used to illustrate Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 135, "Origin Myth of Acoma and Other Records." The drawings have been annotated by Matthew W. Stirling and the collection also contains his original captions for publication.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Wolf Robe Hunt papers (NAA.1979.0402).

Audio recordings made during the Hunts' visit are now held by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center in Matthew Stirling and Frances Densmore collection of Acoma Pueblo cylinder recordings [sound recording] (AFC 1948/142).  The National Anthropological Archives holds mansucripts related to these audio recordings in MS 4482 and MS 4533.