Tihu (Kachina)
Tihu (Kachina)

Currently not on view

Tihu (Kachina),

before 1885

Hopitu Shi-nu-mu (Hopi)

PU 3468

Information

Title
Tihu (Kachina)
Dates

before 1885

Medium

Cottonwood root

Dimensions

h. 20.0 cm., w. 6.8 cm., d. 5.5 cm. (7 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University

Object Number
PU 3468
Place Made

North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi reservation

Culture
Native American, Hopi
Type
religious objects, kachina dolls
Materials
root, cottonwood
Subject
figures (representations)

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