Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema)
Tawa (Sun) Kachina

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Artist Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema)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

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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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