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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1202   CAS 0370-1202; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Town: St. Michaels
Maker's Name Robert Chee (1938-1972)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Painting on black mat board entitled "Been Trading", depicting Navajo boy and man walking one behind the other across a low hill toward left side of painting; Boy is dressed in gray jeans and brown shirt and carries small leather or paper pouch in his left hand; Man is dressed in blue jeans, light blue shirt, and broad-brimmed hat and carries large flour (?) sack on his shoulder; Blond-colored dog trails behind the two and stylized rock formations tower in background at left and right; Navajo Yei (deity) figure arches across sky; Signature "Robert Chee 62" is painted in gray paint near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 76.0, Length = 51.0