John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Reno, Nevada
The Lilley Museum of Art is located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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- Archie Howard
- Mongwa (Great Horned Owl), no date
- Wood Carving
- Inv: 2018.1.6
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Artist: Archie Howard
Title: Mongwa (Great Horned Owl)
Medium: Cottonwood root and paint
Credit Line: Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Item description: The Great Horned Owl Kachina, as a warrior, is relentless in persecuting the clowns. He stands at the edge of the dance circle while the clowns are performing, and he watches disapprovingly of their antics as they perform their un-Hopi-behavior. Near the end of the dance, a group of Mongwa swoop down on the clowns and beat them with yucca whips, douse them with water, and leave them piled up in the center of the plaza in pain.
- Subject Matter: Kachina
- Collections: Sculpture
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