Hopi Pueblo. <em>Kwèw Tihu (Wolf Kachina Doll)</em>, late 19th century. Cottonwood, pigment, cotton, feather, 9 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (23.8 × 8.3 × 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5596. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5596_front_PS22.jpg)

Hopi Pueblo. Kwèw Tihu (Wolf Kachina Doll), late 19th century. Cottonwood, pigment, cotton, feather, 9 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (23.8 × 8.3 × 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5596. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5596_front_PS22.jpg)

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Kwèw Tihu (Wolf Kachina Doll)

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Hopi Pueblo

MEDIUM Cottonwood, pigment, cotton, feather

Place Collected: First Mesa, Arizona, United States

DATES late 19th century

DIMENSIONS 9 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (23.8 × 8.3 × 11.1 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas

ACCESSION NUMBER 04.297.5596

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Kachina doll consisting of two figures, the smallest of which is carried piggy-back style. Each figure has wolf-like ears with feathers and a protruding red nose. Each is predominantly ochre and dust-colored except for black shins and red feet. Condition: the standing figure has a repaired nose and right foot, and the carried figure has a replaced left ear. Pigments on both figures are abraded.

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Life, Death, and Transformation in the Americas

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Hopi Pueblo. Kwèw Tihu (Wolf Kachina Doll), late 19th century. Cottonwood, pigment, cotton, feather, 9 3/8 × 3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (23.8 × 8.3 × 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5596. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5596_front_PS22.jpg)

IMAGE front, 04.297.5596_front_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2025

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