MS 2044 Tempera drawings of kachinas and animal figures
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2044
label: Variant Title
content: Drawings of human and animal figures
name: label: Creator
content: Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
culture: label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was curator of the ethnological department of the United States National Museum and an ethnologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology (1876-circa 1886), best known for his work at Zuni.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Drawings (visual works)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 2044
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2044
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of six (6) drawings created or collected by Frank Hamilton Cushing.  Four of the drawings are cut-outs depicting animals and a  kachina.  Two of the drawings are on lined paper and depict the Saiyatasha kachina.

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