Puchtihu (Mother Moon) kachina
date: label: Date created
content: 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Acoma Pueblo
label: Artist/Maker
content: J. Michael Bear (J. Bear/James Michael Byrnes/Jimmy Byrnes/Kyash Petrach/Hofyee), Acoma Pueblo/Laguna Pueblo/Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux), 1933-1998
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Kohlberg's Antiques
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Kohlberg's Antiques (Denver, Colorado) in 1967; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: New Mexico; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Acoma Pueblo
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/9847
label: Barcode
content: 259847.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Puchtihu (Mother Moon) kachina
label: Object Name
content: Kachina/Katsina (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, wool yarn, feather/feathers, glass bead/beads, cotton cloth, white metal bell/bells, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, wrapped, strung
label: Dimensions
content: 36 x 24 x 11.5 cm