Cactus tongs
date: label: Date created
content: 1918
name: label: Culture/People
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Artist/Maker
content: attributed to Kyusita (Cayusetsa/Mrs. Milam/Mrs. Malani), A:shiwi (Zuni), ca. 1896-1977
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
label: Previous owner
content: Kyusita (Cayusetsa/Mrs. Milam/Mrs. Malani), A:shiwi (Zuni), ca. 1896-1977
label: Collector
content: Frederick Webb Hodge (F.W. Hodge), Non-Indian, 1864-1956
label: Expedition
content: Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku Expedition (1917-1923)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected from Zuni potter Kyusita (Cayusetsa, ca. 1896-1977) by anthropologist Frederick Webb Hodge (1864-1956, MAI staff member) as part of a 1918 pottery-making demonstration; MAI staff member George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924) also photographed Kyusita during the demonstration, which took place during the Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku Expedition, which was led by Hodge and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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place: label: Place
content: Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8/5636
label: Barcode
content: 085636.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Cactus tongs
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved