Waldo Mootzka
Powámu Ceremony

ArtistHopi Pueblo, 1903–c. 1940
CultureHopi
Titles
  • Powámu Ceremony
Date1930–1940
PlaceHopi Pueblo, Arizona, United States
MediumTempera on buff wove paper mounted to wove paper support
Dimensions16 3/16 × 22 3/16 in. (41.1 × 56.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.295
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, before 1940–by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition HistoryBayou Bend, Houston, 1965–June 1969.

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