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Kayemshi

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2039496

Description

Title: Kayemshi
Creator: Unidentified
Published / Created: 1920
Description: On verso: For short mud head. He is one the fun makers for the dances. There are few of them and each one represents a clan. They are supposed to be children of brothers and sisters hence are idiots and do all sorts of crazy stunts.
Extent: 15 x 11 inches
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS S-150
Collection Title: Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art
Collection/Other Creator: DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis, 1886-1983
Collection Date: 1917-1945
Collection Note: Series I. Artworks. 20.5" x 17.5" Boxes
Container / Volume: Box 13 | Folder 155

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Drawings
Paintings
Resource Type: Paintings & Drawings
Subject (Topic): Art, American
Indians of North America--Pictorial works

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 3151255
Object ID (OID): 2039496

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