Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1056 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Wide Ruins | |
| Maker's Name | Beatien Yazz (Beatian Yazz, Jimmy Toddy) (b. 1928) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting single image of a Navajo man impersonating Talking God, the principal Navajo deity, as he appears in numerous Navajo ceremonies and dances; Figure is dressed in black pants, rust-colored shirt, white deerskin cape with spruce bough neck ruff, and white leather face mask with crown of 12 eagle feathers; Figure is set against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.0, Length = 30.7 | |