Lagon altar (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Collector
content: Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth/H. R. Voth), Non-Indian, 1855-1931
label: Previous owner
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
label: Previous seller
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
label: Previous owner
content: Henry S. Wellcome, Non-Indian, 1853-1936
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth, 1855-1931, a Mennonite missionary and ethnographer) for the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois) in 1899; purchased by Sir Henry S. Wellcome (ca. 1853-1936, son of a missionary based in Wisconsin, and pioneer of the use of airplanes in archaeological surveys) from the Field Museum in 1933; purchased by MAI from Sir Henry Wellcome's estate in 1947.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/9870
label: Barcode
content: 209870.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Lagon altar (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, cotton canvas
label: Techniques
content: Carved