Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema)
Tawa (Sun) Kachina

ArtistKiowa 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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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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