round plate, two holes with two leather hangers at top; cream ground with brown and black design; 3/4 portrait of masked figure holding two feathers in each hand and gesturing to the PL; figure wears mask with elaborate headdress; double ring around outside of painting

Polacca Plate, c. 1890

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Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D.expand_more  2016.5.17

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Title
Polacca Plate
Artist Life
(Hopituh Shinumu (Hopi) and Tewa), 1860 - 1942
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2016.5.17
Curator Approved

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round plate, two holes with two leather hangers at top; cream ground with brown and black design; 3/4 portrait of masked figure holding two feathers in each hand and gesturing to the PL; figure wears mask with elaborate headdress; double ring around outside of painting