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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1217   CAS 0370-1217; Painting
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. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on watercolor paper
Description Painting on brown watercolor paper entitled "Warriors on Horseback" depicting 2 Navajo warriors on horses riding over the crest of a low hill; One rider has just reached the crest while the second is still largely hidden behind the hill; Both warriors wear buckskin shirts and war caps with eagle feathers atop them and both carry a bow and quiver of arrows on their backs; Landscape is depicted in stylized manner in colors of blue and orange against plain background; Signature “Beatien Yazz” is printed in black paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 64.7, Length = 47.5