Otis Polelonema
Guard (Kachina)

CultureHopi
Titles
  • Guard (Kachina)
Date1921–1925
PlaceHopi Pueblo, Arizona, United States
MediumTempera on wove paper
Dimensions11 1/2 × 8 in.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hally Bryan Perry
Object number44.491
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, April 7–May 26, 1972.

Beaumont Art Museum, Texas, September 28, 1972.

Houston American Bicentennial Commission, June 27, 1974–October 12, 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed and signed in brown paint, bottom right corner: Guard / Otis Polelonema
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: PYB

Verso: Inscribed in pen, top left corner: Otis Polelonema / Hopi Bought Sept. 1923 Santa Fe
Recto: Signed in brown paint, bottom right corner: Guard / Otis Polelonema

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