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Title	Untitled
Other Title Information	buffalo dancer kachina
Creator	Sloan, Henry
Creator - Nationality	Navajo
Date Original	undated
Height (in.)	14 3/4
Width (in.)	7 3/4
Depth (in.)	7
Note	Kachina dolls are traditionally given to children as part of their spiritual and religious education. They are used to teach them about the characteristics of different supernatural beings. The arrival of tourists, archeologists, and anthropologists broug
Type	North American
Material/Technique Statement	Wood; feathers; pigment; leather; fur; foil; bells; wire; Stone
Material/Technique Headings	wood (plant material) feather (material) pigment leather fur foil (metal) bells (idiophones) wire stone (rock)
Culture	Navajo
Digital Collection	University of Iowa Museum of Art Digital Collection Iowa Gallery
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Museum of Art
Rights Management	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please complete an image request form http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/uima/rights.html or contact the University of Iowa Museum of Art.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Museum of Art: http://uima.uiowa.edu/contact
Provenance	Gift of Sutherland and Judith Dows
Identifier	1991_151

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