Hopi Kachina Figure, Arizona, United States of America

Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C. 
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., bequest of the above, March 26, 1931, cat. no. 361,053, acc. no. 113,605
Bernard Brown, Milwaukee, acquired from the above via the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, December 3, 1963
Arthur Cohen & Elaine Lustig Cohen, New York, acquired by the late 1960s

Very good condition for an object of this type and age. Minor marks, nicks, scratches, abrasions, small chips, and tiny cracks, consistent with age and use. The forepart of the proper left foot broken and glued, partly visible in the catalogue illustration. Some wear and loss to the pigments (as partly visible in the catalogue illustration), which nonetheless remain fresh with no signs of repainting. Inscribed in black ink: '361053' and 'V. J. EVANS [/] 361053 [/] 113605 - HOPI.', and illegibly with another number, struck-out, in pencil; and with fragment of a paper tag inscribed in black ink with name and numbers.
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