Ceiling Altar with Mudheads, an Antelope, and a Moose

CultureZuni
Titles
  • Ceiling Altar with Mudheads, an Antelope, and a Moose
Date1910–1925
PlaceZuñi Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumWood, paint, wool cloth, rawhide, feathers, twigs, nails, cornhusk (?), and string
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.484
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15 - Dec. 29, 1991.

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