Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema)
Tawa (Sun) Kachina

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Artist Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema) (Kiowa Tribe, trained Hopi Pueblo, born c. 1900)Kiowa Tribe, trained Hopi Pueblo, born c. 1900

CultureHopi

Titles

Tawa (Sun) Kachina

Date1930–1940

PlaceHopi Pueblo, Arizona, United States

MediumTempera on paper

Dimensions13 × 20 in. (33 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object number44.312

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition HistoryFriends of the Houston Public Library, Houston TX.,Apr 7 - May 20 1072 (LN: 72.10)

Beaumont Art Museum,Beaumont TX, Sept 28, 1972 (LN: 72.19)

Houston American Becentennial Commission, Houston TX (LN: 74.11)

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