
Kyrat Tuvahoema, Hotae Kachina
Kyrat Tuvahoema
1914-1942
Hopi
Date
1939
Medium Specific
Silkscreen
Classification
Print
Dimensions
16 x 10 1/2 in. (40.6 x 26.7 cm)
Accession Number
2018.35.20.286
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Biography
Tuvahoema was born in 1914 at Old Oraibe. As a young man from 1933 to 1934 he studied at Santa Fe indian School, but shortly after finishing school, contracted Tuberculosis and was in and out of different sanitoriums until his very premature death at just 28. Kyrate Tuvahoema was known for his depictions of Katsinas that were “tall and lean, but with good detail and color in costume, mask, and paraphernalia.”
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