Messenger to the Rain Gods (Heheya) Kachina

CultureHopi
Titles
  • Messenger to the Rain Gods (Heheya) Kachina
  • Hehea, Kachina Doll
Date1900–1910
PlaceHopi Pueblo, Arizona, United States
MediumWood, paint, and string
Dimensionsdoll: 10 × 5 × 3 in.
case: 11 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.359
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
Ll 24 Wilson Gallery
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ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.

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