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Catalog Number

CAS 0005-0032   CAS 0005-0032; Scrimshaw (walrus tusk)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (walrus tusk)
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1915
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory: walrus tusk
Description Walrus tusk scrimshawed with etching of a light house and buildings; "San Francisco 1915" also etched into tusk.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.3, Thickness = 2.4, Length = 17.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0005-0069   CAS 0005-0069; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Seal skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on sealskin depicting Eskimo hunter in center holding a harpoon spear whose line is still attached to a seal which he has just killed and pulled from a hole in the ice; In the background is a second man driving a sled with team of dogs, and in the far background are large ice floes; Entire scene is framed on all four sides by strip of dyed red sealskin that is threaded through series of small slits made in support "canvas"; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.0, Length = 25.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0005-0434   CAS 0005-0434; Scrimshaw (ungulate mandible)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (ungulate mandible)
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone: artiodactyla mandible; Ink; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 34.2, Depth = 7.3, Length = 44.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0232-0050   CAS 0232-0050; Scrimshaw (whale mandible)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (whale mandible)
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) mandible; Ink
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.6, Thickness = 10.5, Length = 86.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0007   CAS 0370-0007; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data City: Gallup
Maker's Name Narciso Platero Abeyta (Ha So Deh, Ha So De) (1918-1998)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on watercolor paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Changeable Wolf Man" depicting scene from Navajo mythology showing woman mounting black horse while man wearing wolf skin tries to grab her from lower left corner; Horned moon symbol appears in upper left corner, with tree along right background and highly stylized rocks in foreground; Signature "Ha-So-De" is printed in black ink (overwritten in blue ink) in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.2, Length = 76.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0138   CAS 0370-0138; Sandpainting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County San Juan
Other Geographic Data Town: Sheep Springs (north of Gallup)
Maker's Name Patsy Miller
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1960s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Sand; Glue; Plywood
Description Untitled sandpainting depicting gray horned sun face with black and white eagle feathers suspended from the horns and from atop the face; Earrings are suspended from the base of each horn; Sun face is framed above and below by protective rectangular panels in gray, white, and rust brown; Background color is brown; The following is written in ink on reverse, "The Sun -- This painting is used for healing people that are sick. It [sic] color and design are made from natural color stones -- Patsy Miller."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.9, Length = 17.6

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0336   CAS 0370-0336; Plate
Category Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Plate
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Pinal
Other Geographic Data City: Scottsdale
Maker's Name Otellie Pasivaya Loloma (1922-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Metal: Copper; Enamel glazes
Description Shallow round copper plate with small diameter round pedestal base; Interior is coated with gray enamel glazes while exterior is coated with mottled green and black glaze; Heads of three long hair katsinam are depicted in profile, in black, yellow, green, blue, red, and white, against a gray field; Double red and black band encircles half of rim and multiple black, red, turquoise, and white bands encircle other half; Plate is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.7, Max Diam = 15.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0391   CAS 0370-0391; 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. 1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white watercolor paper, designed as a bookmark; Painting depicts Navajo silver concho belt consisting of 3 oval conchos and 2 rectangular spacers, the latter set with turquoise stone in center; Images are drawn in pencil and then painted in gray and blue watercolors; Painting is unsigned, but inscribed on reverse (presumably by Ruth C. Elkus) "A bookmark from Jimmy to Chip [Charles De Young Elkus]."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.2, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0450   CAS 0370-0450; Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth; Ink
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.3, Width = 1.6, Length = 11.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0916   CAS 0370-0916; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zia Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Zia Pueblo
Maker's Name Velino Shije Herrera (Ma Pe Wi) (1902-1973)
Date of Manufacture 1937
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on heavy white paper entitled "Matachines Dance", depicting two Matachine society male dancers, each wearing elaborate and colorful dance regalia of long beaded leggings, black kilts, pueblo sash belts, vests, and headdresses that include black face covering and blue hat with eagle plumes at sides and ribbon streamers trailing down their backs; Each dancer carries wooden 3-pronged sword in left hand and cloth pouch in right hand; Signature Ma-pe-wi 1937" is printed in orange paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.0, Length = 28.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0917   CAS 0370-0917; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "The Potter", depicting kneeling pueblo woman dressed in orange blouse, green one shoulder dress, and gray apron, shaping large pottery bowl in front of her; Can of water is shown in foreground; Signature "Pablita Velarde" is printed in gray paint near lower right corner; Title "The Potter" and "Santa Clara Pueblo" are written in pencil on reverse. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.4, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0918   CAS 0370-0918; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Vaughn Saufkie (b. 1942)
Date of Manufacture 1954
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Pastel chalk on paper
Description Drawing entitled "Bird", depicting stylized image of single bird in flight, drawn in colors of red, blue, and green against a red and blue background; Drawing is unsigned. Vaughn Saufkie's father was Hopi silversmith, Paul Saufki, also respresented in the CAS collection.e.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.4, Length = 22.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0919   CAS 0370-0919; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Maricopa
Other Geographic Data City: Phoenix
Maker's Name hazel J. W. (?) or Charley Peshlakai (?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on black construction paper entitled "Indian Symbol" depicting stylized outline image of thunderbird with outstretched wings and spread tail; Figure is painted in white against a plain black background; Signature "Hazel J.W." is printed in white paint in lower left corner; Painting is glued to white poster board, on the back of which is written "Charley Peshlakai, Phoenix Indian Sch., (L. Wyman, Teacher)" [Leland Wyman].
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.0, Length = 29.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0920   CAS 0370-0920; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1945
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on brown paper depicting a burial platform with shrouded body on top and the personal effects (saddle, bow and quiver of arrows, eagle feather headdress, pipe bag, and parfleche) of the deceased suspended from the platform or arranged at its base; Small fire burns beneath platform and 3 wolves are encircling in foreground; Signature "Crumbo" is printed in orange paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.7, Length = 30.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0921   CAS 0370-0921; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Carlos Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Wilson Dewey (Sundust) (1915-1969)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on poster board
Description Painting on white poster board entitled "Apache Dancer" depicting single crown dancer, shown in left profile in animated dance pose standing on left leg and with left arm raised overhead; Dancer is dressed in moccasins, fringed buckskin kilt, and black cloth head and face mask with crown of wooden slats painted with snake motif; Long red streamers trail from dancer's upper arms and he carries wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Wilson Dewey" is printed in gray paint near lower right corner; "Apache Dancer, Price -- $15.00, Apache Artist Wilson Dewey" is handwritten in pencil on reverse. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1949 as their annual holiday card in 1949, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.7, Length = 33.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0922   CAS 0370-0922; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture 1938
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "The Bull and the Koshares", depicting 2 Koshare clowns, whose bodies are painted in black and white stripes, riding bareback on a black bull; Koshare in front is holding on to bull's horn, while face of second Koshare is hidden behind first Koshare; Signature "Awa Tsireh 1938" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.4, Length = 28.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0923   CAS 0370-0923; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zia Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Zia Pueblo
Maker's Name Rafael Medina (Tee Ya Cha Na) (b. 1929)
Date of Manufacture 1966
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on mat board
Description Painting entitled "Zia Clown Dancer", depicting single Koshare dancer, shown in dancing pose with right leg and both arms raised; Dancer's body is painted in alternating horizontal black and white stripes and his hair is pulled back into two pony tails; Top of small fir tree is shown in lower right; Signature "1966 R. Medina" is printed in white paint with Zia sun symbol in lower left corner; Title and artist's name are both handwritten and printed in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.2, Length = 20.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0924   CAS 0370-0924; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Justino Herrera (Stimone) (b. 1920)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque paint on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Red Buffaloes" depicting red buffalo dancer shown in left profile and dressed in white kilt and red buffalo headdress; Forelegs and forearms are colored turquoise and remainder of body is painted deep red; Figure stand atop short steps holding tree branch in left hand and gourd rattle in right hand, facing pueblo woman dressed in moccasins, yellow dress, and white woven manta; Large basket filled with bread, corn and other gifts sets at woman's feet; Inscription "Happy Greeting to Mr. & Mrs. Young (sic) Elkus" is printed in turquoise-colored ink along bottom edge; Signature "From painting by Justino Herrera" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 22.8, Length = 18.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0925   CAS 0370-0925; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County San Francisco
Other Geographic Data City: San Francisco
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and watercolor on paper
Description Pen and ink and watercolor wash drawing on white paper entitled "Navajo Singers", depicting 4 Navajo men in single row, singing while one of them plays pueblo-style drum; Singers are drawn in black ink and are shown from knee-length height dressed in jeans, shirts, and shoulder blankets, all painted brown and blue and set against a blue watercolor wash background; Signature "R.C. Gorman '58" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.6, Length = 25.4

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0926   CAS 0370-0926; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Romando Vigil (Tse Ye Mu) (1902-1978)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper, depicting single image of Shalako shown in left profile against plain white background; Figure is shown in striding position, dressed in full ceremonial attire, including kilt, shawl and tall headdress with eagle plume crown and protruding mouth (mask is incorrectly colored yellow instead of blue); Signature "Tse-ye-mu" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.4, Length = 17.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0927   CAS 0370-0927; 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. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on construction paper
Description Untitled painting on purple construction paper depicting single light blue fawn leaping over several stylized blue snakeweed (?) plants that appear to be growing out of brown rocks; Signature "Beatien Yazz" along with copyright symbol are printed in orange paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.4, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0928   CAS 0370-0928; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh) (1943-1984)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on mat board
Description Painting entitled "Long Horn", depicting Zuni katsina, Saiyatasha (Zuni Rain Priest of the North, Long Horn) who orchestrates the annual Shalako ceremony, the only time he appears; Figure is wearing buckskin cape, moccasins and leggings, white shirt, and turquoise-colored head mask with single horn extending to his right; Figure carries bundle of blue corn in his left hand and rattle of sheep scapula bones (?) in right hand; Signature "Tsa-sah-wee-eh" is printed near lower right corner. Helen Hardin is the daughter of Pablita Velarde, whose paintings are also represented in the CAS painting collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.0, Length = 30.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0929   CAS 0370-0929; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache or Navajo
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name James (Jimmy) Mitchell (Che Chilly Nez) (deceased)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink on paper
Description Pen and ink drawing on white paper entitled "Thunderbird and Fox", depicting stylized bird painted with geometric designs and fox, apparently discussing fate of dead rabbit that lies between them; Overhead is stylized rain cloud with bolt of lightning extending downward; Signature "Che-chilly Nez" and initials "J. M." are printed in black ink in lower right corner; Artist's name "James Mitchell" and title of painting are written in upper left corner on reverse in blue ink.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.7, Length = 27.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0930   CAS 0370-0930; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1934-1936
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Navajo Children Before a Campfire", depicting Navajo man kneeling and 2 young Navajo women standing by campfire; Man dressed in gray jeans and rust-colored shirt; Woman on left dressed in blue skirt and blouse and red and tan striped blanket; Woman on right dressed in green skirt, rust-colored blouse, and gray and blue striped blanket; Several stylized plants are interspersed among figures, but overall there is little attempt at perspective; Signature "H. Begays" (sic) is printed in pencil in lower right corner; Artist's name, tribe, and title of painting are handwritten on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.8, Length = 18.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0931   CAS 0370-0931; 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 February 1943
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on unsized cardboard
Description Untitled painting on cardboard depicting single buffalo shown standing and in left profile looking up toward blue horned sun in upper left corner; 3 rays of light radiate down from sun; Buffalo has bear-like face and stands on horizon line made of small yellow crescent shapes; Horizon line terminates in terraced arrow and stylized plant; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.7, Length = 30.4

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0932   CAS 0370-0932; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Tonita Peña (Tonita P. Arquero, Quah Ah) (1893-1949)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on white poster board depicting single image of Koshare clown, shown in left profile; Clown's body is painted entirely in black and white stripes and he wears garters, breechclout, wristlets, and collar; His hair is pulled back into 2 ponytails; Costume is lacking head cap; Signature "Quah Ah, Tonita Peña" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.9, Length = 23.8

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0933   CAS 0370-0933; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Tonita Peña (Tonita P. Arquero, Quah Ah) (1893-1949)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque paint on paper
Description Untitled painting on white poster board depicting single image of Koshare clown, shown in 3/4 left profile against plain white background; Clown's body is painted completely in black and white stripes and he wears garters, breechclout, waistband, and headdress that includes two extended horns; Clown is in standing position with knees bent, right arm raised up, and head bent back slightly; Signature "Quah Ah, Tonita Peña" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.9, Length = 23.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0934A   CAS 0370-0934A; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1951
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper depicting male buffalo dancer shown in 3/4 right profile with his head turned away from viewer; Dancer is dressed in moccasins, leggings, brown leather kilt, red woven sash, black shirt, and buffalo headdress; He is shown bent at the knees and waist and carries bow and arrow in left hand and rattle (?) in right hand; Signature "Aguilar 51" is printed in black ink just below and to right of dancer. (This painting and CAS 0370-0934B, showing a female buffalo dancer, were done as a pair.) Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.3, Length = 15.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0934B   CAS 0370-0934B; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1951
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper depicting female buffalo dancer shown in full frontal pose and dressed in moccasins, embroidered skirt and shirt, and buffalo headdress; Dancer carries spruce bough in left hand and feathers (?) in right hand; Signature "Aguilar 51" is painted in black paint just below and to right of dancer. (This painting and CAS 0370-0934A, showing a male buffalo dancer, were done as a pair.) Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.4, Length = 15.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0935   CAS 0370-0935; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture 1932-1936
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "Women Visiting Shrine", depicting 2 pueblo women kneeling over a small outdoor shrine and placing an offering; One of the women is wrapped in a blue blanket and the other in a red blanket; Cholla cactus and other plants are depicted in background amid sand dunes. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.3, Length = 27.8

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0956   CAS 0370-0956; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1953
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Oil on poster board; Brown paper for card
Description Untitled painting on poster board depicting Navajo deity, Pollen Boy; Figure is in full frontal pose, dressed in white leggings, gold and rust-brown kilt, and gold upper body; Face is white; Ribbon steamers hang from wrists and elbows and pouch is tied at waist; Background is speckled with blue, white, red, and turquoise paint; Signature "Warm Mountain 53" is printed in white paint in lower right corner; Painting is glued to rust-brown paper as holiday card; Black and green letters "M C" [Merry Christmas?] are painted on front; Typed message inside reads, "Figure from Navajo Sandpainting* Hozhonji** Blessing Chant Tra Da Deen-eshki. Pollen Boy, Warm Mountain, Joe V. Aguilar." Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.2, Length = 15.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0957   CAS 0370-0957; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1957
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on cardboard; Varnish
Description Untitled painting on poster board depicting single parrot as represented on pueblo pottery; Bird's orange body is decorated with geometric patterns; Bird is shown standing on single floral branch, against blue speckled background; Signature "Suwa" is printed in black paint in lower right corner. Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Length = 12.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0958   CAS 0370-0958; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Anglo-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Anna Barry (1907-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1945-1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Serigraph on white paper entitled "Corn Dance, Santo Domingo" depicting large group of pueblo men and women in ceremonial dress (women in black woven dresses and head tabletas) dancing in plaza while two Koshares (clowns) in foreground mimicking the dancers; Kiva structure is in background; Painting is done in realistic, European style; Title and signature "Anna Barry" are handwritten in pencil in lower left and lower right borders, respectively; Some of Barry serigraphs were apparently copied from her husband’s drawings and paintings; "Corn Dance, Santo Domingo" was copied from a similar work by Moskowitz entitled "The Corn Dance" and published in 1949 (republished 1993).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.5, Length = 15.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0959   CAS 0370-0959; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Haida
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Germaine Mauriaucourt (1932-ca. 2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled serigraph depicting standing figure of human-raven, shown wearing seaweed skirt and a cape which hangs off its right shoulder and carrying a staff in its left hand; 10 humanoid heads with arms are shown on raven's breast, and around him are smaller images of a fish, 2 birds, an orca, and a frog, all printed in black, green, and rust brown; On reverse is attached type-written version of Haida creation story, as told to Germaine Mauriaucourt by Arthur Moody at Skidegate Mission, Queen Charlotte Islands in 1955. [Germaine Mauriaucourt was born in Vancouver, British Columbia of French and English ancestry and spent the summer of 1955 among the Haida people at Skidegate, where she claimed to have been “adopted into the Moody family (Haida carvers) and into the Raven and Wolf clans.”]
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.0, Length = 35.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0961   CAS 0370-0961; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque tempera on paper
Description Painting on white paper folded in half and designed as Christmas card; Painting on front is entitled "Matachina Dancer", depicting single dance figure from the pueblo version of the Matachine society dance; Figure is dressed in black fringed skirt, moccasins and leggings, and cape and wears green face covering and white headdress with long flowing ribbons; 3 wooden swords are carried in right hand and cloth in left hand; Signature "Gilbert Atencio '56" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Handwritten greeting inside reads, "A Warm and Friendly Wish of Cheer for Christmas and the Coming Year -- Gilbert Atencio." Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.9, Length = 28.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0962   CAS 0370-0962; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Paint
Description Untitled serigraph on paper depicting male dancer shown in 3/4 left profile (head is turned in 3/4 right profile) standing on right foot with knee bent and left leg upraised; Dancer wears elaborate plains-style dance outfit, including blue and red aprons, calico print shirt, feather bustle and large feathered rosettes on upper arms, roach with feathers in hair, beaded moccasins, garters and belt; He carries feather fan with beaded handle in right hand and horse hair (?) switch in left hand.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 26.5, Length = 33.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0963   CAS 0370-0963; Linoleum block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Linoleum block print
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County San Francisco
Other Geographic Data City: San Francisco
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Block print on paper
Description Linoleum block print on white paper, entitled "Navajo Girl" depicting head of Navajo girl in 3/4 profile, with her hair pulled back and tied in traditional Navajo "chongo" and wearing "jacloh" earrings; Image is printed in black ink; Signature "R.C. Gorman '64", title "Navajo Girl", and edition number "4/10" are printed in pencil along lower edge; Print enclosed in pink paper folio inscribed on front cover, "Kesh-mish" [Christmas].
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.7, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0964   CAS 0370-0964; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Taos Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data Taos Pueblo
Maker's Name Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan Hopkins) (1906-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled serigraph on manila-colored board depicting buffalo dancer in ceremonial dress, shown from behind in three-quarter profile, full-length pose; Figure wears red moccasins, buckskin kilt, bell rattles below knees, and buffalo headdress with bundle of eagle plumes at sides, and carries gourd rattle in right hand and arrow or spear in left hand; Signature "Pop Chalee" with eagle plume is imprinted just below figure.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.0, Length = 28.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0965   CAS 0370-0965; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Taos Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data Taos Pueblo
Maker's Name Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan Hopkins) (1906-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink; Paper
Description Untitled serigraph on blue paper, showing a single blue horse with its front and back legs spread widely as it jumps over a yucca plant; Horse's mane and tail are jet black; Pair of small birds are shown in upper left and right corners; Signature "Pop Chalee" with eagle plume is printed just below horse's rear feet.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.6, Length = 14.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0966   CAS 0370-0966; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on gray-green construction paper depicting Navajo man leaning against pine tree with his bow and arrows in his lap and asleep, while doe and buck graze nearby; Several multi-colored mountain peaks are shown in background; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.0, Length = 22.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0967   CAS 0370-0967; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on brown wrapping paper depicting white mare in foreground with yellow colt (?) behind and to the right; Row of 3 mountain peaks are in background with 2 birds in flight between the peaks; Horses and mountains are set against plain backgrounds with only minimal attempt at perspective; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.9, Length = 21.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0968   CAS 0370-0968; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on illustration board
Description Untitled painting on lightweight white cardboard showing single Navajo yei (deity) figure whose body is painted entirely blue; Figure is dressed in kilt, sash belt, garters, and moccasins and ribbons hang down from his wrists and elbows on his outstretched hands; Figure is shown against plain white background; Painting is unsigned. Attribution to Little Shorty made by Jerry Brody (former director of Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM). According to Sallie Lippincott Wagner, who operated Wide Ruins Trading Post in the 1930s and 1940s, when Little Shorty was active, this attribution is unlikely: the style of this painting seems rather refined in comparison to other works by Little Shorty. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.0, Length = 26.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0969   CAS 0370-0969; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on brown paper
Description Untitled painting on brown paper depicting yellow male goat and gray female goat with kid wandering through a hilly landscape; Large peak and 2 pine trees depicted in foreground and several low hills and one bare-leafed tree in background; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.1, Length = 22.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0970   CAS 0370-0970; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on illustration board
Description Painting on white illustration board entitled "Little Spotted Skunk" depicting three different full-body views of a black skunk with tan stripes; Several stylized plants are interspersed among the skunks and blue and salmon-colored rainbow bar borders top and upper sides of painting; Signature "H. Begay" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Title "Lilte (sic) Spotted Skunk" is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.6, Length = 16.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0971   CAS 0370-0971; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County San Francisco
Other Geographic Data City: San Francisco
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and watercolor on paper
Description Untitled pen and ink and watercolor wash drawing on white paper, showing two images of young Navajo woman preparing fry bread; At bottom woman is depicted standing while shaping dough into round tortilla shape; At top she is depicted kneeling and about to place bread in iron skillet resting on open fire; Figures are drawn in black ink and painted in flat watercolor wash of pink, brown, and yellow; Signature "R.C. Gorman" is printed in black ink in lower right corner; Painting was produced as card sent to Mr. and Mrs. Elkus; Inside, artist has written "Thank you for the lovely evening - R.C. Gorman, P.S. -- and have a wonderful, wonderful trip --"
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.8, Length = 28.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0972   CAS 0370-0972; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting Navajo man pulling pine tree; Man is pulling on reins to direct black mule to pull on chain that is wrapped around trunk of tree; Shovel, pick, and axe lie at base of tree and barbed wire fence is in foreground; Subjects are shown against plain white background with very little attempt at perspective; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.4, Length = 25.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0973   CAS 0370-0973; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting dance scene, including standing Navajo man at left playing drum, seated pueblo man in center, and pueblo dancer at right wearing elaborate headdress with blue bird mounted at top; Figures are set against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.5, Length = 26.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0974   CAS 0370-0974; 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. 1946
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on red construction paper showing young deer leaping over wide-leafed yucca plant; Scene is set against plain background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.2, Length = 18.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0975   CAS 0370-0975; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Encarnacion Peña (Enkay Peña, Soqueen) (1902-1979)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on tan paper depicting male buffalo dancer, shown in left profile; Figure is dressed in moccasins, leggings, garters with rattles, brown leather kilt, waist band rattle, brown shirt, and buffalo headdress with eagle feather fan on back; He carries bow and arrows in left hand and feathered rattle (?) in right hand; Signature "Soqueen" is written in pencil along lower center edge.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.5, Length = 26.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0976   CAS 0370-0976; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Abel Sanchez (Oqwa-Pi) (1899-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on poster board
Description Untitled painting on yellow poster board depicting two leaping deer, shown against a plain background; Plump bodies of deer are painted black with white underbellies, green tails, and red hoofs; Painting is mounted on larger piece of thin white board, on which signature "Oqwa Pi" is handwritten in pencil in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.6, Length = 28.7

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0977   CAS 0370-0977; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Tesuque Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data Tesuque Pueblo
Maker's Name Marco Vigil
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor paint on paper
Description Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting single buffalo dance figure, shown in 3/4 left profile and dressed in moccasins, white kilt with red and blue horizontal bands; And buffalo headdress including mane and pair of horns; Dancer's upper torso and face are painted black and forearms are painted yellow; Dancer carries spear in left hand and gourd rattle in right hand; Multi-colored cloud symbol with 2 lightning bolts and light rays are painted at top; Signature "Marco Vigil, Tesuque Pueblo" is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.1, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0978   CAS 0370-0978; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Michael Kabotie (Lomawywesa) (1942-2009)
Date of Manufacture 1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Painting entitled "Deer Dance" showing 2 deer katsina (Sowi-ing) impersonators, each wearing a white case mask with red circles on cheeks, elongated snout, turquoise "flowers" in place of ears, and 2 horns extending from top; Male figure on left is shown in full frontal view and is dressed in woven kilt and white shirt with turquoise colored arm bands and leaning on 2 canes; Female figure on right is shown in left facing profile and is dressed in black pueblo-style dress and woven white manta and also leaning on 2 canes; Original signature "By Michael Kabotie" printed in blue paint in lower right corner is partially cut off; Second signature "Michael Kabotie" is printed in black ink above first signature.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.0, Length = 27.5

Catalog Number CAS 0370-0979   CAS 0370-0979; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper depicting Navajo woman dressed in red skirt and green blouse, standing next to loom from which she is removing a just-completed banded Navajo rug in colors of red, white, and gray; Entire scene is set against a plain white background; Signature "Begay" is printed in light brown paint near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.2, Length = 15.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0980   CAS 0370-0980; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Pencil on paper
Description Untitled drawing on white notepad paper depicting juniper tree with several small bushes around its base; Signature "J. Toddy" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.7, Length = 12.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0981   CAS 0370-0981; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled etching on white paper depicting two jack rabbits in deep snow; One rabbit is walking toward the right edge of the etching while the second one is standing on its hind legs facing the left edge; Bare-leaved shrubs are in the background; Entire scene is printed in shades of gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border just below lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.6, Length = 19.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0982   CAS 0370-0982; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled etching on white paper depicting single bird with its feathers fully ruffled and sitting on a spruce bough; Entire scene is printed in shades of gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black ink in border just below lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.4, Length = 18.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0983   CAS 0370-0983; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled etching on white paper depicting squirrel sitting upright and holding an acorn to its mouth; Several acorns and oak leaves lie on the ground; Entire scene is printed in shades of gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is hand written in pencil in border just below lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.0, Length = 14.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0984   CAS 0370-0984; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled etching on ivory-colored paper depicting buffalo charging toward the viewer, with its head turned toward the right edge of the etching; Buffalo skull is in foreground and terraced butte is in background; Entire scene is printed in shades of gray; Signature "B. Yazz" is imprinted in lower right corner of etching; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border, just below lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.5, Length = 19.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0985   CAS 0370-0985; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled drypoint etching on white paper depicting two fawns standing side by side amid bare-leaved trees that are being blown by a very strong wind; Entire scene is done in shades of gray; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is handwritten in blue ink in lower right corner, just below printed image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.3, Length = 13.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0986   CAS 0370-0986; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Ben Quintana (Ha A Tee) (1923-1944)
Date of Manufacture 1933
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Cutting Broom Grass" depicting pueblo man shown in left profile and kneeling while cutting bunches of grass with a sickle; Situated along a flat horizon line are a prickly pear cactus, several bunches of grass, a stylized vine with pink flower, a very stylized tree with wing-like foliage and a gray squirrel at top, and a yucca plant; Stylized cloud with falling rain is represented overhead by 3 overlapping crescent lines; Signature "Ben Quintana" is printed in blue paint in lower right corner; "Cutting Broom Grass, Ben Quintana, Cochiti Pueblo, ($) 1.50, Age 10" is handwritten in pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is imprinted on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 16.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0987   CAS 0370-0987; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Etching on white paper entitled "Pintails" depicting flock of 14 ducks descending in flight and about to land; Cattails and other marsh plants frame the scene along the bottom and right edge; Full moon shines in background; Scene is printed in shades of gray; "Pintails by Woody Crumbo" is printed in pencil along lower border of print.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Length = 19.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0989   CAS 0370-0989; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pudlat
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on rice paper
Description Stone cut print on white rice paper entitled "Alert Owls" depicting 2 realistic images of owls, both shown in 3/4 profile, one above the other and without any apparent relationship between them; Images are printed in green ink; "20/50, Alert Owls, Pudlat, 1964" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks for artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in black and red ink to right of images.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.5, Length = 46.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0990   CAS 0370-0990; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled engraving on white paper depicting mythological animal (part bird and part quadruped) with 3 heads and 2 birds perched on its back; Image is printed in black ink on plain background; "8/50" is printed below lower left corner and artist's signature "Kenojuak" is handwritten in pencil below lower right corner; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.6, Length = 33.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0991   CAS 0370-0991; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pauta (b. 1916)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled stone cut print on white paper depicting solitary image of owl shown in full frontal view with his wings fully extended, printed in black against plain white background; "12/50, Pauta" is handwritten in pencil in left and right corners, respectively, below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.7, Length = 31.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0992   CAS 0370-0992; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled engraving on white paper, depicting Eskimo hunter dressed in parka and mukluks, about to spear seal that has just been pulled from water; Igloo is depicted in background; Image is printed in black ink; Print number "12/50" is written in pencil in lower left corner and signature "Kenoyouk" is written in pencil in lower right corner; Embossed stamp of artists' co-op appears in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.7, Length = 31.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0993   CAS 0370-0993; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island; Village: Gambell
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture 1954
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Seal skin; India ink
Description Pen and ink drawing on seal skin entitled "Walrus" depicting 5 adult walrus resting on an ice floe; An icy landscape is shown in the foreground and background, against a gray, cloudy sky; Signature "Florence Nupok, Gambell, Alaska" is printed in block letters in lower right corner; Title, artist's name and place of residence are also written in pencil in lower left corner on reverse. This drawing was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1956 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.6, Length = 29.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0994   CAS 0370-0994; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Ottochie
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled engraving on white paper depicting man in kayak with double-headed oar, pursuing seal which has been speared and is trailing a float bag, while 5 other seals flee ahead of it; Entire scene is printed in black on plain white background; "10/50" and signature "Ottochie" are handwritten in pencil below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner of border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.5, Length = 24.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0998   CAS 0370-0998; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Caribou hide; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo woman dressed in parka and shown in full frontal view from waist level up, carrying small child in the hood of her parka; Inverted kayak on rack is shown in background at left and an empty storage platform on the right; Small clouds fill the gray sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner and "Reindeer Skin" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0999   CAS 0370-0999; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Seal skin; Ink; Cigarette ashes
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting group of nine Eskimo all dressed in hooded parkas and mukluks and gathered in circle holding skin on blanket on which they are tossing 10th person into air; Rack of drying meat is in left background and inverted skin boat is in right foreground; Ice floes are shown in distant background against cloud and bird-filled sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner and "Seal Skin" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1000   CAS 0370-1000; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Seal skin; Ink; Cigarette ashes
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and kneeling beside a kayak and aiming a harpoon gun at a seal in the water; Harpoon spear, oar, and dead seal lie in foreground; Ice floes surround area of open water and clouds fill the gray sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner and "Seal Skin" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1001   CAS 0370-1001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Caribou (?) hide; Ink; Cigarette ashes
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on sealskin depicting team of 7 dogs pulling sled on which kayak is loaded, guided by Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka; Dog team and sled are shown coming around a pile of ice chunks, with additional ice floes in background and several linear clouds overhead; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Length = 10.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1002   CAS 0370-1002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Caribou (?) hide; Ink; Cigarette ashes
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo man on sled being pulled across winter landscape by single caribou; Snow covered hills are shown in background and several short grasses are shown in foreground; Dog follows behind sled; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.3, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1003   CAS 0370-1003; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Seal skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and holding harpoon, standing alongside seal carcass which he has just pulled from water; Snow drifts and wind-scoured ice blocks are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.1, Length = 7.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1004   CAS 0370-1004; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink; Paper
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man and woman shown in full frontal view standing next to each other and dancing while facing 3 seated individuals, each with his or her back to the viewer and each playing a round hand-held drum; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. (See CAS 0370-1007 for similar subject.)
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1005   CAS 0370-1005; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man armed with spear and approaching polar bear which is holding a seal carcass under its paw; Dog is also approaching from background; Snow drifts are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1006   CAS 0370-1006; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man and woman shown in full frontal profile, standing alongside each other and dancing, while facing 3 seated individuals, each with his or her back to viewer and each playing a round, hand-held drum; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. (See CAS 0370-1004 for similar subject.)
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1007   CAS 0370-1007; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka, pants, and mukluks leading single caribou by rope, both shown in left profile with snow-covered hills in background; Drawing is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1008   CAS 0370-1008; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man and woman carrying child, both dressed in parkas and standing beside sled hitched to team of 5 dogs; Lead dog is standing, while others are lying down; Sled is loaded with body of adult seal; Directly behind the couple are an inverted kayak on a rack, a raised dog kennel, and a log house; Snow-covered hills are shown in the distant background; Entire scene is drawn in black ink, except for mouths of man and woman, the dogs, and the seal, which are drawn in red; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1009   CAS 0370-1009; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting polar bear standing upright over a seal carcass on an ice flow, while a second polar bear watches from open water nearby; Large iceberg shown in distance and small group of birds is depicting in sky; Ice flow and snow draft are depicted in foreground; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1010   CAS 0370-1010; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo woman holding long knife and engaged in cutting up seal carcass; Immediately behind her is meat drying rack from which several pieces of meat are suspended; Scene is depicted against an empty background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.4, Length = 20.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1011   CAS 0370-1011; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting team of 5 dogs pulling sled, guided by Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and sitting on the sled; Dogs and man are all shown in left profile; Snow-covered hills are shown in background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1012   CAS 0370-1012; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka, pants and mukluks and poised with spear while facing polar bear standing on its hind legs; Snow drifts are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1013   CAS 0370-1013; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man dressed in parka and holding a harpoon, standing beside body of seal which he has just pulled from the water onto the ice; Snow drifts are shown in the foreground and background; Entire scene is done in black ink except for mouths of man and seal and several blood stains on ice, all of which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1014   CAS 0370-1014; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and seated on sled being pulled by team of 5 dogs, all shown in left profile; Snow-covered hills are shown in background; Entire scene is done in black ink except for mouths of man and dogs which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1015   CAS 0370-1015; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting bull moose, shown in right profile engaged in standoff against two wolves, one facing the moose head-on from the front while the second one approaches from the background on the moose's left side; Animals are shown amid short grasses in an otherwise empty landscape; Figures are done in black ink except for wolves' tongues which are red; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1016   CAS 0370-1016; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting an Eskimo whale hunting scene with 3 men rowing a skin-covered boat while a fourth man, standing at the prow, spears a whale in the water; Large iceberg is shown in the left background and small birds fill the sky; Entire scene is done in black ink except for mouths of the men and the point at which whale is speared, which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1017   CAS 0370-1017; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting nine Eskimo men gathered in circle and holding edges of blanket or skin on which tenth individual is being tossed into air; All men are dressed in parkas; Behind them is shown an inverted skin-covered boat on storage rack, a sled, an elevated dog kennel, and a log house with pair of sled dogs tied next to it; Snow-covered hills are shown in background; Entire scene is done in black except for men's mouths which are done in red ink; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 22.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1018   CAS 0370-1018; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data City: Nome
Maker's Name James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1982)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Illustration board; Ink; Colored pencil
Description Pen and ink and colored pencil drawing entitled "Old Time Eskimo Belle" depicting waist-length, frontal portrait of Eskimo woman, dressed in parka with the hood pulled down; Woman is shown in 3/4 right profile against multi-colored, sunset sky in background; Signature "Kivetoruk Moses, Nome, Alaska" is handwritten in black ink in upper right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.5, Length = 27.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1020   CAS 0370-1020; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955-1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Caribou (?) hide; Ink; Cigarette ashes
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting standing Eskimo woman, shown in full frontal view from the waist up and dressed in hooded parka and carrying small child in the hood of her parka; Inverted skin boat is shown on rack in background to the left and similar empty storage platform is shown to the right; Landscape is otherwise empty except for ice floes shown in distant background, all against gray sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 20.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1021   CAS 0370-1021; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data City: Nome
Maker's Name James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1982)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Illustration board; Ink; Colored pencil
Description Untitled* pen and ink and colored pencil drawing on white illustration board depicting Eskimo legend of how Eskimo dancing began, as also explained in accompanying note by artist; Drawing depicts eagle flying high above earth's surface while holding Eskimo man in its talons, to free himself, man stabbed eagle with his hunting knife, fatally injuring the eagle and forcing it to land; As eagle lay dying, it told man to start dancing using eagle's heartbeat as the rhythm, later to be replaced by a drum beat; Signature" Kivetoruk Moses, Nome, Alaska" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. Label attached to reverse of drawing identifies the artist as being 60 years old. *Moses did several renditions of this painting, sometimes titled “Man and Eagle.” The accompanying explanatory note [in CAS accession file] for this painting, written by Moses’ wife, Bessie, is titled “No. 1 Eskimo.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 26.5, Length = 39.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1022   CAS 0370-1022; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Haida or Tlingit, possibly
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data Northwest Coast
Maker's Name Arthur Price, Kish Studios
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled serigraph depicting Northwest Indian mythological figures of Ena-Gwenee (Mighty One), tall man Odindza (his enemy), and Kroneydin, the wanderer (a dwarf), all printed in black and turquoise on white paper; Print is cover of menu for "Canadian Night" as noted inside; Also printed inside is notation that print is by Arthur Price, is reproduced from book "Alaska Beckons" by Dr. Marius Barbeau, and was hand silk-screened at Kish Studios, Ottawa.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.9, Length = 50.8

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1024   CAS 0370-1024; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink and watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper depicting single standing pueblo woman in lavender dress and red shoulder blanket with green stripe and long fringe that is folded under around her feet; Woman is shown in 3/4 left profile, holding in front of her an unidentifiable katsina doll that has a blue face and brown "wings" and wears woven and embroidered shawl; Figure is shown against plain white background, with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.9, Length = 28.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1025   CAS 0370-1025; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink and watercolor on poster board
Description Untitled painting on heavy white poster board depicting single standing pueblo woman in black one shoulder dress, pink blouse, and purple shoulder blanket with yellow stripe and long fringe that is folded under around her feet; Woman is shown in 3/4 right profile, holding in front of her an unidentifiable katsina doll that has a blue face and brown "wings" and wears woven and embroidered shawl; Figure is shown against plain white background, with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Length = 26.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1026   CAS 0370-1026; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting pueblo Indian man dressed in moccasins, pink pants, purple shirt and brown vest sitting on black horse and holding deer fawn; Standing in front of horse is bald man in bare feet, wearing green pants, brown shirt and black vest and bottle feeding another deer fawn; Both men are shown in 3-4 right profile against plain white background with little attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.4, Length = 28.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1027   CAS 0370-1027; 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. 1948
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting rust-colored colt standing in deep snow with its head lowered and its back turned to the wind; Directly behind it are several snow-covered rocks (?) and bare-leaved shrubs; Signature "Beatian Yazz" along with copyright symbol are printed in brown paint just beneath the rocks.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.9, Length = 33.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1028   CAS 0370-1028; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink and watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting Koshare clown running and being chased by a turkey; Both figures are shown in left profile; Koshare's body is completely painted white with horizontal black stripes and he wears brown breechclout, garters, wristlets, and neckerchief and head mask that includes 2 projecting horns painted with white and black stripes; Both figures are shown against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Geometric pattern and yucca plant are painted in each lower corner; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1962 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.0, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1029   CAS 0370-1029; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Otis Polelonema (Lomadamosiva) (1902-1981)
Date of Manufacture 1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on brown paper
Description Untitled painting depicting 3 katsinam who appear in mixed dances; At left is Huhuwa (Cross-legged Katsina) dressed in kilt and black shirt with yellow flowers in his hair; In center is possibly a fox katsina, wearing sash and case mask and holding staff; At right is Kweo (Wolf Katsina) wearing a black sash apron and brown fur case mask; Signed "O. Polelonema" in lower right corner. Original catalog card records that this painting was awarded a “Prize at Santa Fe 1956.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 41.1, Length = 29.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1030   CAS 0370-1030; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Fort Sill Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994)
Date of Manufacture 1937
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on paper entitled "Sacred Apache Fire Dancer" depicting Apache Gans or Crown Dancer, shown in 3/4 left profile; Figure wears high buckskin moccasins, fringed buckskin kilt, and black cloth head and face mask with triangular crown of wooden slats painted with eagle and geometric motifs; Dancer's upper body is painted black with white markings and long red streamers trail from both upper arms; Dancer carries wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Houser-37" is printed in red paint in lower right corner; "Sacred Apache Fire Dancer, Allan C. Houser Indian name Ha-Oz-Ous meaning Pulling Roots, Price [erased]" is printed in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.5, Length = 30.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1031   CAS 0370-1031; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Theodore Suina (Ku-Pe-Ru) (b. 1918)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor (poss. casein) on paper
Description Painting on mulberry paper (?) entitled "The Road-Runner" depicting highly stylized image of roadrunner painted in elaborate geometric patterns in colors of blue, gray, white, and several shades of brown; Bird is shown in right profile running up low hill with 3 yucca plants along the horizon line; Signature "Ku Pe Ru '60" is painted in gray paint in lower right corner; "Roadrunner, by Theodore Suina, Cochiti, N. Mex" is printed in pencil in lower left corner on reverse; Reverse side of support paper is painted (possibly by manufacturer rather than by artist) with all over pattern of gold cross-like motif. This painting was selected by Ruth Elkus in 1963 as her annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 37.0, Length = 28.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1032   CAS 0370-1032; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1945-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Serigraph on beige colored paper entitled "Boy and Horse," depicting Navajo boy dressed in high moccasins, white pants and blue shirt, standing alongside golden colored pinto horse with saddle and rolled up Navajo saddle blanket on horse's back; Stylized juniper tree and yucca plants in background; Signature "Harrison Begay" is silk-screened near lower right corner; "A Silkscreen Reproduction, Copyright, Tewa Enterprises, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is imprinted in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.0, Length = 29.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1033   CAS 0370-1033; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Maker's Name Jose J. Garcia (b. 1914)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on brown paper entitled "Two Birds" depicting pair of parrots, each painted in brightly colored pueblo-style, geometric patterns and standing on rainbow arches, flanking central stylized pine tree; Signature "Jose J. Garcia" is printed in black paint just below base of tree; "Jose J. Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo" is handwritten in pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.3, Length = 30.2

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1034   CAS 0370-1034; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zia Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Zia Pueblo
Maker's Name Jose D. Medina
Date of Manufacture ca. 1966
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on illustration board
Description Painting on poster board entitled "Happy Clowns," depicting 2 male clowns, whose bodies are painted half gray and half yellow; Each wears white moccasins, breechclout with long apron in front and back, neckerchief, and headdress that includes horn-like extensions; One clown is carrying ristra of apples and ristra of corn, while second clown carries a watermelon; Figures are painted against a nearly plain mauve background, with a small thunderbird overhead and several indeterminate geometric shapes in the foreground; Signature "J D Medina, Zia Indian" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; "Jose D. Medina [$]12.00" is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.5, Length = 25.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1035   CAS 0370-1035; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture 1938
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Navajo Circle Dance," depicting group of Navajo men dancing in circle with their arms interlocked; All men are dressed in moccasins, jeans or calico pants, shirts, and either headband or wide-brimmed hat; Most men wear silver concho belts; Man in center of circle is playing Navajo pottery drum; Several stylized plants are in foreground and at sides; Signature "H. Begay" is very faintly painted in gray paint near lower right corner (second signature "Harrison Begay" written in pencil in lower right corner has been erased); Artist's name, tribe, and title of painting are handwritten in pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.6, Length = 27.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1036   CAS 0370-1036; 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. early 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting pair of brown squirrels positioned amid blue-green pine boughs; One of the squirrels is in a crouching position and the other is sitting half upright while eating a pine nut; Signature "Beatien Yazz" with copyright symbol is printed in black paint near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 17.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1037   CAS 0370-1037; 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 1946
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting side view black and white pinto horse sprinting across low green hill; Pair of orange and yellow flowers are in front of and behind horse; Stylized blue and yellow cloud (?) frames horse; Scene is set against plain white background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in orange paint near lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.0, Length = 17.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1038   CAS 0370-1038; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Rio Grande Pueblo (?)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Linland Chu Kaichi (?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting row of 3 corn stalks in field with mounds of beans planted between them; 3 ducks walk in foreground among 2 watermelons (?) and other low plants; Overhead are 7 stylized birds in flight, 3 rain cloud motifs, and large sun image; Signature "Chu Kaichi, Linland" is printed in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.3, Length = 36.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1039   CAS 0370-1039; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Etching on white paper entitled "Horse and Colt" depicting mare grazing on sparse grass while her spotted colt stands by her side; Horses are flanked by pair of scraggly pine trees; Low hills are pictured in background; Scene is printed in shades of gray; "Horse and Colt by Woody Crumbo" is printed in pencil along bottom border of print.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.3, Length = 14.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1040   CAS 0370-1040; 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 Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on blue construction paper depicting silhouettes of doe and buck deer standing beneath leafless tree atop snow covered hill; Single owl is perched in tree; Entire scene is seemingly lit by moonlight; Signature "B. Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.7, Length = 22.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1041   CAS 0370-1041; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Etching on white paper entitled "Deer and Moon", depicting young fawn backlit by a full moon; Stylized plants frame the scene along the left and bottom edges; Scene is printed in shades of gray; "Deer and Moon by Woody Crumbo" is printed in pencil along bottom border of print.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.3, Length = 18.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1042   CAS 0370-1042; 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. late 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting two wild turkeys standing in deep snow, with orange trees or shrubs in the background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.3, Length = 14.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1043   CAS 0370-1043; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Lee Tsatoke (1929-1986)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white watercolor paper depicting single Kiowa man, shown in left profile, standing on his right foot and slightly bent at the knees; Man wears moccasins with tin cone tinklers, buckskin pants with side fringe; Woven garters, buckskin shirt with fringe, red fabric aprons on front and back, pink shoulder blanket, and brown fur cap; His hair is pulled into 2 side pony tails and wrapped in brown fur; He carries feather fan in left hand and tin rattle with feathers at top in right hand; Signature "Lee Tsatoke" is printed in blue ink just below figure.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.2, Length = 44.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1044   CAS 0370-1044; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Carlos Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Graham
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Daniel Nash (b. ca. 1920s)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "San Carlos Apache Crown Dancer" depicting male Gan or Crown Dancer, shown in full frontal pose, standing on both feet, bent at knees and waist with arms outstretched; Figure wears moccasins, buckskin skirt, and black cloth head and face mask with cross-like crown of white wooden slats painted with eagle and other geometric designs; Dancer's forearms and shoulders are painted black and chest is painted with white geometric design; Long red streams trails from his upper arms and her carries white wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Daniel Nash" is written in gray paint in lower right corner; "San Carlos Apache Crown Dancer" is printed in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.7, Length = 31.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1045   CAS 0370-1045; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Ben Quintana (Ha A Tee) (1923-1944)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1938
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white poster board entitled "Cochiti Dancer" depicting single pueblo man dressed in moccasins, white pants with red and blue polka dots,turtle shell leg rattle, red shirt, and woven sash belt, shown in left profile and in dancing pose with right leg drawn up; Man carries spruce bough in left hand and gourd rattle in right hand; Signature "Ben" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; "Cochiti Dancer, Ben Quintana Cochiti Pueblo, [$]2.00" is printed in blue pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is imprinted twice on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.4, Length = 35.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1046   CAS 0370-1046; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "Sun Dancer" depicting single male dancer wearing black vest and breechclout with floral pattern, beaded and fringed wristbands, beaded or painted moccasins with fringes, large feathered rosettes on upper arms, elaborate feathered head dress, and string of bells trailing from his waist; Signature "Tsan Pablita Velarde" is printed near lower right corner. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.2, Length = 25.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1047   CAS 0370-1047; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County San Francisco
Other Geographic Data City: San Francisco
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and watercolor on paper
Description Pen and ink and watercolor drawing entitled "Mother and Child" depicting Navajo woman, shown from waste up, cradling infant in her arms; Figures are sketched loosely in black ink and painted in flat wash of blue and purple watercolors, all against a watercolor wash in same colors; Signature "R.C. Gorman" is printed in black ink below woman's right hand.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.6, Length = 37.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1048   CAS 0370-1048; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh) (1943-1984)
Date of Manufacture 1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on mat board
Description Painting on black mat board entitled "Apache Crown Dancer", depicting single male dancer wearing brown leather kilt and moccasins and black cloth head and face mask, surmounted by white feathers and carved wooden horns; Dancer's upper body is painted pale blue with red cross symbol on his chest and he carries carved sword in each upraised hand; Signature "Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh" is printed in white paint in lower right corner. Helen Hardin is the daughter of Pablita Velarde, whose paintings are also represented in the CAS painting collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.3, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1049   CAS 0370-1049; 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 February 1943
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink and watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting flat hillside bisected by an arroyo; On left side of hill are 3 small flowering plants with red, blue, and yellow flowers, a wide-leafed yucca, and a squirrel sitting beneath a small but bushy tree; On right side is a pronghorn antelope, a stylized plant, and a juniper tree in background; Ground surface is painted purple on right side of hill; Brown sides of hill are steeply eroded and very stylized plants grow at base of right side while 3 large blue rocks (?) form base of left side; Blue bird and butterfly fly overhead; All figures are outlined in yellow; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.7, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1050   CAS 0370-1050; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled etching on cream-colored paper depicting single fawn walking in deep, wind-driven snow among several gnarled and bare juniper trees; Etching is printed in shades of black and gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border beneath lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.6, Length = 26.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1051   CAS 0370-1051; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
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 1949
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Aquatint etching on very thin white paper entitled "Blue Horse", depicting figure of blue horse with its head held high and looking back, standing on patch of bare red ground and next to wide-leafed yucca plant; Spire rock formations are at left in background and sky is partially colored blue; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border just below lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.6, Length = 25.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1052   CAS 0370-1052; 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 February 1943
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on gray-brown construction paper depicting standing buck and reclining doe deer on barren landscape; Two erosion cuts in the hillside behind the deer indicates the deer's position on a low bluff and reveals the multi-colored (gray, rust brown, gold, and white) layering of the underlying soils, in stark contrast to the drab gray-brown of the surrounding landscape; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in lower center on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.1, Length = 30.2

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1053   CAS 0370-1053; 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. late 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy cream-colored paper depicting single brown coyote standing in deep snow with its back to the wind; Leafless tree or cholla cactus is in background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" with copyright symbol is printed in black paint near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.1, Length = 24.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1054   CAS 0370-1054; 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 February 1943
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting standing Navajo man dressed in black pants, red shirt, and yellow shoulder blanket; Multi-colored scarf is tied at side of man's head around and pair of eagle feathers are mounted behind his head; Figure is set against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 45.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1055   CAS 0370-1055; 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 07 January 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting brown bear with its head held high, walking through stand of low shrubs, toward left edge of painting; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.7, Length = 17.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1056   CAS 0370-1056; 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. 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

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1057   CAS 0370-1057; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Encarnacion Peña (Enkay Peña, Soqueen) (1902-1979)
Date of Manufacture 1954
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque tempera on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Eagle Dance" depicting 2 dancers, both shown in 3/4 left profile and identically dressed in black leggings, fringed leather kilt with green plumed serpent motif, black shirt, eagle feather "wings" along their arms, and white head cap with protruding green "beak"; Dancers are shown with their knees bent and their arms outstretched, against plain white background; Title "Eagle Dance" and signature "Enky [sic] Peña" are handwritten in pencil in lower right corner. See CAS 0370-1058 for mirror image of this painting, the outlines of one apparently traced to produce the other, and then painted in.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.9, Length = 33.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1058   CAS 0370-1058; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Encarnacion Peña (Enkay Peña, Soqueen) (1902-1979)
Date of Manufacture 1954
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque tempera on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Eagle Dance" depicting 2 dancers, both shown in 3/4 right profile and identically dressed in black leggings, fringed leather kilt with green plumed serpent motif, black shirt, eagle feather "wings" along their arms, and white head cap with protruding green "beak"; Dancers are shown with their knees bent and their arms outstretched, against plain white background; Title "Eagle Dance" and signature "Enky [sic] Peña" are handwritten in pencil in lower right corner. See CAS 0370-1057 for mirror image of this painting, the outlines of one apparently traced to produce the other, and then painted in.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.8, Length = 33.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1060   CAS 0370-1060; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Texas
County Harris
Other Geographic Data City: Houston
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Oil paints on canvas; Pine
Description Oil painting on canvas, entitled "Enigma of the Canyon Walls", depicting a solitary Navajo woman carrying a pink parasol while walking up the dry stream bed in Canyon de Chelly; Sheer red sandstone canyon walls are depicted along the left and right sides of the scene as the stream bed meanders back and disappears behind other jutting formations; Signature "R.C. Gorman" is printed in green paint among shrubbery depicted at base of right hand canyon wall; "R.C. Gorman '64, Houston, Tex." is printed on reverse of canvas; Title is printed on reverse of stretcher.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1061   CAS 0370-1061; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Anglo-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Anna Barry (1907-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1945-1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Serigraph on white paper entitled "Corn Dance, Santo Domingo" depicting large group of pueblo men and women in ceremonial dress (women in black woven dresses and head tabletas) dancing in plaza while two Koshares (clowns) in foreground mimicking the dancers; Kiva structure is in background; Painting is done in realistic, European style; Title and signature "Barry" are handwritten in pencil in lower left and lower right borders, respectively; Some of Barry serigraphs were apparently copied from her husband’s drawings and paintings; "Corn Dance, Santo Domingo" was copied from a similar work by Moskowitz entitled "The Corn Dance" and published in 1949 (republished 1993).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.5, Length = 15.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1067   CAS 0370-1067; 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 Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1945
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting man chopping tree down; Bobcat (?) is standing on an upper branch of the tree; Highly stylized, multi-colored rock (?) formation is depicted in left foreground, all against plain white background; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.5, Length = 26.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1075   CAS 0370-1075; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture French-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Paul Coze (1903-1974)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Shalako Running", depicting single Zuni Shalako in running stride while dressed in complete Shalako regalia and mask; Figure is set against plain brown background; Signature "Paul Coze" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner; Title is handwritten in pencil along lower edge.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.0, Length = 22.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1079   CAS 0370-1079; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper (folded to form holiday card) depicting female Koshare clown holding basket of food collected for visitors during Christmas season dances; She is wearing moccasins, woven one shoulder dress, and woven shawl; Small pine tree is shown in lower right corner; Signature "Gilbert Atencio 61" is printed in black paint in lower left corner; Inscription inside reads, "Pueblo female clown collecting food for visitors during the holiday dances held in the plaza. Best wishes for happiness in the holiday season and always, and most certainly to two good people like you. Sincerely, Gilbert Atencio." Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.5, Length = 17.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1084   CAS 0370-1084; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Oil on paper
Description Painting on white paper designed as Christmas card entitled "Nup 'Apo" (Christmas month, literally "Ashes Fire Moon"); Abbreviated title "Nu Pa" is painted in red, green, and yellow gothic letters on front of card with sketch of pueblo along bottom; Painting inside card shows human figure sprinkling water from jar onto corn plant; Water also falls from cloud overhead and lightning bolt extends from sky to earth; Row of animal prints extends along bottom; Signature "Suwa '60" is printed in lower right corner; Hand written Christmas message from Joe Aguilar to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elkus appears opposite painting. Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.4, Length = 20.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1091   CAS 0370-1091; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Tonita Peña (Tonita P. Arquero, Quah Ah) (1893-1949)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1919-1921; re-signed ca. 1922-1923
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque paint on thin board
Description Painting on thin white poster board entitled "Deer Dance - San Ildefonzo [sic]" depicting 2 deer dancers, a drummer and a singer, all in left profile; Dancers wear moccasins, leggings, kilts with elaborate geometric designs, and deer skin headdresses and both are posed leaning forward on 2 short canes and standing on their right feet only; Behind them stands a man dressed in pink pants, blue shirt, and plains style eagle feather war bonnet, playing pueblo-style barrel drum; Second man at his side wears striped pants and yellow shirt and holds bow and arrows and appears to be singing; Signature "Quah. Ah, Tonita P. Arquero" is printed in black ink in lower right corner; Title is printed in pencil in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.6, Length = 24.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1092   CAS 0370-1092; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1920-1925
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink and watercolor on paper
Description Painting on tan paper entitled "The Goatherd" depicting pueblo man at right, shown in left profile and wearing moccasins, white pants, and gray shirt, and carrying walking stick in right hand and walking behind flock of 8 goat of various colors (black, gray,brown, black and white, rust brown, tan and rust, tan and black); Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner; Title "The Goatherd" is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.4, Length = 27.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1093   CAS 0370-1093; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925-1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink and watercolor on paper
Description Painting on tan paper entitled "Eagle Dancers" depicting two eagle dancers shown in full frontal, standing pose; Each dancer wears black leggings, kilt with painted snake image, eagle feather "wings", and head cap with protruding "beak"; Dancers are holding their arms out and away from their bodies and are shown against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.3, Length = 27.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1094   CAS 0370-1094; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925-1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink on paper
Description Painting on tan paper entitled "Eagle Dance" depicting 2 eagle dancers, each wearing leather kilt painted with image of plumed serpent, tail fan of eagle feather, eagle feather wings, and head cap with protruding "beak"; Both figures are shown in left profile in stylized dance pose with their arms / wings outstretched, against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.3, Length = 20.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1095   CAS 0370-1095; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925-1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled painting on tan paper depicting male and female dancers from basket dance, both shown standing in full frontal pose; Male dancer on left wears moccasins, black leggings and garters, white embroidered kilt with yellow sash, black shirt with feather (/) collar, and 2 pair of feathers in his hair; Female dancer at right wears moccasins, woven black one-shoulder dress, and lavender shawl and holds coiled basket in left hand and wooden rasp in right hand; Both figures are shown against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.1, Length = 28.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1096   CAS 0370-1096; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1920-1925
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting 2 dancers from Comanche dance, both shown in left profile; Lead male dancer is dressed in plains style attire, including long eagle feather war bonnet, and carries feathered staff; Female dancer is dressed in woven black pueblo one-shoulder dress, turquoise blouse and pink shawl with pair of eagle feathers on either side of her hair; She carries pair of turkey feathers in each hand; Both figures shown against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in blue ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.3, Length = 20.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1097   CAS 0370-1097; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper depicting 2 antelope dancers, shown in right profile; Both dancers wear white knitted leggings, yellow antelope (?) skin on their backs and headdress that includes pair of antelope horns and trailer of red feathers down their backs; Their faces are painted black and each carries pair of short wooden staffs or canes; Figures are shown against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in blue ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 20.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1098   CAS 0370-1098; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Tonita Peña (Tonita P. Arquero, Quah Ah) (1893-1949)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925-1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting 2 male and 2 female corn dance dancers, all shown in 3/4 left profile; Lead male dancers wear moccasins, leg rattles, woven white kilts, and fox skin tails and carry gourd rattles; Women are barefoot and wear black one-shoulder dresses and wooden tabletas and carry spruce boughs; All figures are shown against plain background; Signature "Tonita Pena" is printed in black ink over pencil in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.0, Length = 18.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1099   CAS 0370-1099; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1925-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on tan paper entitled "Eagle Dance" depicting two eagle dancers and two pueblo man standing at right playing single pueblo-style barrel drum; Men are dressed in moccasins, pants, and shirts; Both dancers are dressed in leggings, kilt with painted plumed serpent image, bundle of eagle feathers tied at their waists, eagle feather "wings" along their arms, and head cap with protruding "beak"; All figures are shown against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Title is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.5, Length = 27.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1101   CAS 0370-1101; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting feather fan of black to dark brown feathers with blue beaded hand grip, of the type used by native American church members during ceremonies; Row of eagle plumes frame the bottom of the painting, and two brushes (?) with red horsehair bristles and blue beaded hand grips flank the feather fan; Painting is unsigned. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in January 1942 and was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus as one of their annual holiday cards (date unknown), printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 31.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1102   CAS 0370-1102; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937)
Date of Manufacture 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Painting on watercolor paper entitled "The Sunrise or Coming of the Sun", depicting small fire encircled by trimmed parrot (?) feathers in green and yellow and by row of eagle plumes; Rays of light emanate outward from fire; Christian cross motif is overhead, flanked by two geometric medallions; Signature M. Tsatoke 35" is printed in green paint in lower right corner; Pencil notation on reverse of original cardboard matting includes above title, along with notation, "This is what Monroe has seen under the influence of peyote after all night's meeting." This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1942 and was selected by Ruth Elkus in 1965 as her annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.6, Length = 31.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1103   CAS 0370-1103; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Mescalero Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Otero
Other Geographic Data City: Mescalero
Maker's Name Florence Bigrope (b. 1961)
Date of Manufacture 1966
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paint on paper
Description Finger painting on white paper entitled "It's Me" depicting outline of human face with spiked hairstyle; Painting is done entire in orange paint; Painting is unsigned. Original catalog card reads, “Artist born 1961; painting done in kindergarten class at Mescalero Elementary School, teacher was J. Adams.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.3, Length = 42.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1104   CAS 0370-1104; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Michael Kabotie (Lomawywesa) (1942-2009)
Date of Manufacture 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Prob. casein on watercolor paper
Description Painting entitled "Dance of the Warrior God" depicting Palöngawhoya (one of the Hopi warrior twins and grandson of Spider Woman) with elongated body and teardrop shaped head and body markings in blue, black, and white; Figure's right hand is held out in front with the palm up, while left arm extends off edge of painting; Background is filled in with geometric patterns with stars in upper right corner and small insect along left edge; Signed "M Kabotie June '63" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.0, Length = 44.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1105   CAS 0370-1105; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Abel Sanchez (Oqwa-Pi) (1899-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1920-1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting 8 dancers, probably from buffalo dance, in left profile; Lead male dancer is in plains style Indian clothing and carries bow and arrows; Next are 2 male and 1 female buffalo dancers, the men in black leggings and shirts, orange kilts, and buffalo headdresses and the woman in black dress, green shawl, and buffalo headdress; Next are 2 deer dancers in white leggings, black kilts, white shirts, and headdresses with deer antlers, and leaning on short canes; Last are two antelope dancers, dressed in yellow one piece pants and shirt outfits and headdress with antelope horns, also leaning on short canes; Signature "Oqwa Pi" is written in pencil n lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 70.9, Length = 28.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1106   CAS 0370-1106; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa; Village: Polacca
Maker's Name Raymond Naha (1933-1975)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1952
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on mat board
Description Painting entitled "Tewa Clowns" depicting 2 Koshare figures cavorting atop ladder projecting from rooftop opening in stone kiva; Both figures are characteristically painted in alternating black and white stripes and are wearing moccasins, breechclouts, and hats with projecting horns to match their body paint; Scene is set against background of large white cumulus cloud and rainbow; Signature "R Naha" is printed in lower right corner; Title is printed in pencil on reverse in upper left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.3, Length = 36.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1107   CAS 0370-1107; 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. 1943-1946
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting depicting 3 prairie dogs scampering atop a low mound and beneath 3 highly stylized rabbitbrush or snake weed plants that are in full bloom with yellow flowers, all shown against plain white background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.1, Length = 37.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1108   CAS 0370-1108; 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 28 October 1946
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white watercolor paper, depicting Navajo woman (shown in left profile) wearing red skirt and maroon blouse and carrying bucket of water as she walks; In front of her is a black and white dog that is jumping up, trying to retrieve a stick held in the woman's hand; Woman and dog walk along a barren landscape strewn with stylized rocks (?) and a single green and yellow rabbitbrush plant; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in gray-brown paint in lower left corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil upper left corner on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.4, Length = 37.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1109   CAS 0370-1109; 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. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting Navajo man seated by fire (in bucket) and holding bellows in his hands; Silversmithing tools and completed pieces of jewelry are laid out on the ground and on a blanket next to him; A log stump with an anvil mounted atop it and a wooden bench are located to the right of the painting, while a second log stump with anvil is located in the background, along with a notched log; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black ink near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.4, Length = 31.2

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1110   CAS 0370-1110; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Painting on tan construction paper entitled "The Famous Hunchback Flute Dancer" depicting the mythological Southwestern Indian figure of Kokopelli, shown in left profile walking along and playing a flute; A cloud symbol is overhead and several very stylized plants sprout from the back of a rainbow deity figure which forms the ground line; Images are painted in an abstract form in colors of blue, pink, white, gray, gold and turquoise on a plain background that has been spattered to appear like sand; Written in pencil on reverse is the following: “The Famous Hunchback Flute Dancer, by Joe Herrera, To our dear friends, the Elkus' from Joe + Julia.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.9, Length = 34.7

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1111   CAS 0370-1111; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1949
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white watercolor paper depicting standing pueblo woman shown in 3/4 left profile; Woman is dress in moccasins, blue dress, and yellowish-green blanket wrapped around her shoulders and in which she carries a small child on her back; Figures are painted in an impressionistic style; Signature "Warm Mountain '49" is written in pencil in lower left corner of painting. Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.0, Length = 45.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1112   CAS 0370-1112; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on salmon mat board
Description Untitled painting on brown mat board, showing young Navajo boy dressed in high moccasins and breechclout kneeling alongside stylized tree while holding arrow; At boy's side is stylized corn plant that is showering corn pollen over his head; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in salmon-colored paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.8, Length = 23.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1113   CAS 0370-1113; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Richard Kee Yazzie (Hosh Be) (b. 1944)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein and watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "Coming Back Home", depicting Navajo warrior riding high-stepping horse across low hill; Monument valley-type rock formations and stylized shrubs in background; Painting is unsigned, but artist's name, title, “Grade 10, Albuquerque Indian School, and price $20.00” are written on reverse, along with notation that painting was done with Q-tips; Stamped on reverse is "Made at Indian School, Albuquerque."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.4, Length = 28.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1114   CAS 0370-1114; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Painting on light gray watercolor paper entitled "Dancers" depicting row of 7 human-like figures with the arms interlocked, dressed in white and gray outfits; Figures' faces are turquoise-colored and each has a rust-brown feather (?) on the back of its head; Seated Kokopelli flute player is shown below and various geometric and pictographic designs fill the remaining space; Support paper is finely splattered with multicolors of paint to give appearance of gray sand; The following is handwritten in pencil on reverse, "Dancers (Katchinas + Flute Player) (Petroglyph found in Galisteo Basin) Joe Herrera $20-". This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1955 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.6, Length = 25.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1115   CAS 0370-1115; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on mat board
Description Untitled painting on black mat board depicting Navajo Yei-bi-chai dance, performed as part of the Nightway ceremony; Four unmasked Yei dancers (Navajos impersonating deities) are shown dancing by a small campfire, while standing Navajos wrapped in blankets observe in the foreground and background; All figures are depicted in an outlined format with very little detail; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white ink near center bottom of painting.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.4, Length = 53.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1116   CAS 0370-1116; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name David Keevama (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on mat board
Description Painting entitled "Shalako Dancers" depicting a Zuni Shalako impersonator at right, dressed in Shalako mask; Shalako Anuthlona, the Shalako alternate is shown in the center, dressed in blue shirt, white kilt, and white cap, pointing to a second Shalako mask sitting at the left; Figures are shown against plain white background and without any foundation or support; Painting is signed in pencil on reverse with artist's name, age, address and title.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.0, Length = 33.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1117   CAS 0370-1117; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque (Albuquerque Indian School)
Maker's Name Michael Padilla (b. 1946)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Water-based paint (poss. latex) on cork board
Description Painting entitled "War Gods" depicting 6 crudely drawn spirit figures standing in line in front of pueblo building with terraced steps leading up to it and ladders leaning against each side of it; Entire scene is painted in black and white against gray background; Not signed by artist.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.7, Length = 29.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1118   CAS 0370-1118; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture 1949
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on watercolor paper
Description Untitled impressionistic painting on white d'arches watercolor paper, depicting two eagle dancers, shown in frontal view with their knees bent and arms outstretched; Both dancers wear kilts, eagle feather "wings" along their arms, and white head cap with protruding beak; Figures are painted very loosely in watercolor wash technique against plain white background; Signature "Warm Mountain '49" is written in blue-green ink in lower right corner; Support paper is embossed "Veritable Paper, D'arches, Torchon" in lower left corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus as their annual holiday card, probably in 1950, 1952 or 1953. Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.3, Length = 37.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1119   CAS 0370-1119; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on board
Description Painting on white poster board entitled "Twin Fawns Racing Under Rainbow", depicting pair of fawns leaping in front of stylized bush; Arching over them is a protective rainbow Yei, colored half pink and half blue; Background of painting is plain white; Signature "Harrison Begay" is printed in blue-gray paint near lower right corner; Written in pencil on reverse is "Twin Fawn and Rainbow, Twin Fawn Racing Under Rainbow, by Harrison Begay, Navajo Artist." Possibly, this painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1959 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.1, Length = 31.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1120   CAS 0370-1120; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Coconino
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Village: Moenkopi
Maker's Name James R. Humetewa, Jr. (Soo-We) (b. 1926)
Date of Manufacture 1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting entitled "Two Corn Dancers and One Mudhead" depicting two Avachhoya (Corn) Katsinam, each wearing a black apron-like kilt and red sash and carrying ears of corn; Dancers' bodies are painted with red and turquoise colored circles; The dancers' face masks are incorrectly painted multi colors and are topped by four owl feathers pointing in the cardinal directions; At right is a dancing Koyemsi (Mudhead) Katsina, wearing black kilt and red neckerchief and white bag across his chest and carrying bone resonator and wooden rasp; Signed "J. Humetewa Jr." in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.2, Length = 29.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1121   CAS 0370-1121; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on tan paper entitled "Time for Dinner" depicting 2 striped skunks crouching in front of basket filled with ears of corn; Corn stalks are shown growing in background and to the sides, while rain cloud motif fills upper left corner and sun motif fills upper right corner; Terraced geometric motif is in lower left corner and signature "Gilbert Atencio 64" is printed in black and red paint in lower right corner; On reverse is handwritten the following in pencil: "Title - Time for Dinner; By - Gilbert Atencio, Rt 1 Box 306, Santa Fe, New Mexico, San Ildefonso Pueblo; Tribe - San Ildefonso Tewa." Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.9, Length = 29.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1122   CAS 0370-1122; 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. 1955-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white sketch pad paper depicting Navajo man on brown pinto horse about to spear a buffalo; The shirtless hunter is wearing a leather and silver bow guard and a feathered cap topped with eagle plumes; Man’s hair is bright blue, as are the buffalo's horns, nose, eyes and hoofs; Painting is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.3, Length = 42.6

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1123   CAS 0370-1123; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Painting on blue construction paper entitled "Butterfly" depicting single outlined image of stylized butterfly in colors of white, blue, tan, gray, and pink, on a background finely stippled in white and red; "’Butterfly’ by Joe H. Herrera Cochiti Pueblo N. Mex" and original purchase price of $20.00 are written in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.4, Length = 50.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1124   CAS 0370-1124; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on mat board
Description Painting entitled "Red Birds" depicting 2 stylized birds with long necks and legs whose plumage is predominantly red with black and white geometric markings on wings and tails; Stylized plants are depicted in foreground; Zigzag horizon line is just below center, with yellow terraced formation (mesa or kiva steps) rising toward upper left corner in background; Signature "Pablita Velarde" is printed in lower right corner. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.4, Length = 38.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1125   CAS 0370-1125; 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. mid 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting grizzly bear attacking buffalo atop rounded hill covered with tufts of grass; Bear is shown atop the buffalo's back, sinking its claws into buffalo's shoulder and side of face; Buffalo is standing on its hind legs trying to throw bear off; Buffalo skull is partially shown to the right; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 42.1, Length = 38.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1126   CAS 0370-1126; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Painting on gray mat board entitled "Navajo & Family on Horse Going to a Sing", depicting Navajo man and woman, each on spirited brown horses, riding toward right edge of painting; Man is dressed in high moccasins and buckskin pants and shirt; Woman is dressed in moccasins and woven black dress; Positioned behind woman is baby in cradleboard adorned with silver conchas and secured with tumpline around woman's forehead; Stylized grass in foreground is painted red; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white paint near lower right corner; Title is written in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 68.4, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1127   CAS 0370-1127; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh) (1943-1984)
Date of Manufacture 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Painting on white mat board entitled "Germination of Sun Katsina and Squash" depicting a squash katsina figure standing by a corn plant and squash plant; Overhead within a circle is a sun katsina figure, whose body is painted red with one shoulder turquoise and one yellow and the sun face encircled by white eagle feathers; Blue, pink, and yellow half-circles surround sun katsina; Signature "Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh" is printed in lower right corner. Helen Hardin is the daughter of Pablita Velarde, whose paintings are also represented in the CAS painting collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.0, Length = 27.5

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1128   CAS 0370-1128; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Omaha or Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Calvin Tyndall (Umpah [Elk]) (died ca. 1970s)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white watercolor paper entitled "Gourd Song" showing man with his back to the viewer and seated between two upright curved poles with feathered streamers; Man wears plains-style cloth apron with eagle motif, and beaded or quilled wristlets and armlets, and he holds gourd rattle in each hand; He is flanked by 2 men similarly dressed, shown in full frontal pose; 5 additional men, each in red and blue blanket and seated with heads bowed nearly to the ground form a semicircle around central figure; Arched band overhead with feathered streamers frames the scene; Signature "Um Pah" is printed in black ink just below figures; "The Studio U.S. Indian School Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1958 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.4, Length = 56.9

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1129   CAS 0370-1129; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Otis Polelonema (Lomadamosiva) (1902-1981)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Painting entitled "New Bride Woman" depicting solitary figure of Hopi bride, shown standing in full frontal view; Bride is dressed in traditional black pueblo dress, white wedding robe/shawl and white moccasins and is holding in front of her the reed mat or wedding case containing her woven wedding sash; She is painted against a blank background; Signature "Otis Polelonema" is printed in black paint near lower right corner; Title "New Bride Woman" is printed in black ink on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.4, Length = 48.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1130   CAS 0370-1130; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Keats Begay (1922-1987)
Date of Manufacture 1936
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on heavy white paper entitled "Navajo Sandpainting", depicting stylized rendition of Navajo ceremonial sand painting used in both the nightway and featherway chants; Pair of crossed logs each holds pair of Yei (deity) figures at each end with four sacred plants (corn, beans, squash, tobacco); Painting is flanked by two figures of B'ganaskiddy (also known as Hump-backed Yei or God of Plenty) shown here as a guardian figure; Signature "K. Begay 36" is printed in red and blue paint near lower right corner; Handwritten in pencil on reverse is "Navajo Sandpaint by Keats Begay"; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 55.3, Length = 39.9

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1132   CAS 0370-1132; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Otis Polelonema (Lomadamosiva) (1902-1981)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting depicting Ma'alo, the Stick Katsina who appears in Mixed Dances; Standing figure is shown in frontal view, wearing embroidered kilt and dance sash; Case mask is painted half green and half brown with green ruff collar and feathers on top and at sides; Shoulders, forearms, and lower legs are painted blue and yellow; Figure carries rattle and staff; Signature "Otis Polelonema" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 48.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1133   CAS 0370-1133; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture 1932-1936
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "Santa Clara Pueblo Corn Dance", depicting four men wearing dance kilts and carrying rattles and four women wearing pueblo-style one-shoulder dresses and tabletas dancing in linear group, all facing the center; Signature "Pablita Velande" (sic) is printed in lower right corner with ghost image of second signature slightly above and to the right. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.1, Length = 20.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1134   CAS 0370-1134; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Eugene Silva (Pa Yo Pin)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on green paper
Description Painting on spruce green construction paper entitled "Mountain Sheep Dance", depicting two mountain sheep dancers flanking a central pine tree; Each dancer wears white kilt, white shirt, and headdress that includes pair of protruding mountain sheep horns; Dancers' faces are painted black and each carries a short staff or cane in each hand; Figures are shown against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Pa Yo Pin" is printed in white paint near lower right corner; "Eugene Silva, Santa Clara Pue., Espanola, N. Mex., Mountain Sheep Dance" is handwritten on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is faintly stamped on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 47.5, Length = 32.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1135   CAS 0370-1135; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Third Mesa; Village: Hotevilla
Maker's Name Harry Sakyesva (b. 1921)
Date of Manufacture 1945
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting entitled "Eagle Dancer", depicting single figure of eagle katsina dancer, shown in full length, frontal view, posed with his arms/wings outstretched; Dancer wears white kilt and red sash with a turquoise colored head mask with red ears and decorated with green spruce collar and eagle feathers on top; Rows of eagle feathers decorate the dancer's arms and hang from his waist in back; Signature "H. Sakyesva '45" is printed in lower right corner; Title is printed on reverse in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 57.0, Length = 39.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1136   CAS 0370-1136; 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: Fort Defiance
Maker's Name Bobby Hicks (b. 1934)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on watercolor paper
Description Painting entitled "Peyote Dream" depicting a monument valley landscape in very bright colors of green, yellow, orange, blue, and pink and painted in a very contemporary style; Signature "Bobby Hicks" is printed in lower right corner in black paint, outlined in white paint; Painting is mounted in window mat of black illustration board, whose window is outlined in white paint and on whose lower panel is printed the title, "Peyote Dream" in white paint.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 71.5, Length = 56.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1137A   CAS 0370-1137A; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Dempsey Chapita (b. 1922)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1939
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper showing multi-colored geometric patterns, including 2 cloud symbols; Painting is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1137B   CAS 0370-1137B; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Dempsey Chapita (b. 1922)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1939
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting Zuni Shalako figure in full dress, including moccasins, embroidered kilt and shawl and elongated headdress including blue face mask with horns and eagle plumes; Painting is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 8.0, Length = 14.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1137C   CAS 0370-1137C; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Dempsey Chapita (b. 1922)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1939
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting four multi-colored geometric designs, possibly representing clouds; Signature "Dempsey C." is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 20.3

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1137D   CAS 0370-1137D; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Dempsey Chapita (b. 1922)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1939
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials India ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting either Hilili Kohanna (the Corn Hilili) who appears in the Hilili dance, performed after the winter solstice ceremonies, or Newekwe Kokothlanna (Big Katsina of the Galaxy Society) who appears only at the initiation into the Newekwe society, a curing society that treats stomach ailments; Figure is dressed in moccasins, embroidered kilt, brown cape, and blue case mask surmounted by 9 eagle plumes and ribbon streamers at sides; He carries yucca whips or swords in each hand; Painting is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.0, Length = 18.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1138   CAS 0370-1138; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data City: Gallup
Maker's Name Narciso Platero Abeyta (Ha So Deh, Ha So De) (1918-1998)
Date of Manufacture 1939 (revised 1959)
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on heavy pink-colored watercolor paper entitled "The Sun Carrier" depicting one of the Navajo warrior twins carrying a shield with a sun face while riding a white horse across a rainbow arch at the base of the painting; Four stylized plants, each painted in one of the four Navajo sacred colors (black, yellow [gold], white, and blue) seem to sprout from the arch; Signature "Ha-So-Deh" printed in yellow paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.3, Length = 42.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1139   CAS 0370-1139; 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 mat board
Description Painting on green mat board, entitled "The Eclipse", depicting elder Navajo man dressed in gray jeans and green shirt riding brown and gray pinto horse; Man's hair is disheveled and his bent over position suggests exhaustion, as does slow gait of horse; Overhead is image of horned sun, painted in various shades of gray, with gray rays of light extending downward; Stylized landscape line is painted in shades of gray; Signature "Beatian Yazz" (with copyright symbol) is printed in gray paint in lower right corner; Title is written in pencil on reverse in upper left corner; Entire painting is framed by narrow pink line.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 55.7, Length = 71.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1140   CAS 0370-1140; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1951
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white paper entitled "The Corn Dance" depicts ceremonial dancers including drummer, standard bearer, 2 female and 2 male dancers, and Koshare clown; All figures except Koshare are shown in right profile; Koshare has body painted in broad gray and white stripes and wears blue breechclout; Male dancers wear moccasins, white embroidered kilts, gray shirts, white rain sashes, and fox skin tails and carry gourd rattles; Barefooted female dancers wear black dresses and wooden tabletas and carry spruce boughs; Standard bearer in green pants and orange shirt carries flag-like standard; Drummer plays barrel drum; Signature "By Gilbert Atencio 51" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 58.3, Length = 41.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1141   CAS 0370-1141; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Fort Sill Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994)
Date of Manufacture 1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Untitled painting on gray paper depicting single Apache Gans or Crown Dancer figure shown in full front animated dance pose; Dancer is dressed in high moccasins, fringed buckskin kilt and dark blue cloth mask, crowned by white double barred wooden cross painted with geometric patterns; Figure's upper body is painted dark blue with white markings and long red ribbon with attached feathers trails from each upper arm; Dancer carries wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Allan Houser -50-" is printed in black ink in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.8, Length = 62.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1142   CAS 0370-1142; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Al Momaday (Huan Toa) (1913-1981)
Date of Manufacture 1959
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Painting on dark blue mat board entitled "Mountain Spirits Dancer," depicting Mescalero Apache Gan or Crown Dancer, shown in right profile, bent at knees and with shoulders thrown back, right arm forward and left arm back; Dancer wears moccasins, fringed buckskin kilt, and black head and face mask with crown of wooden slats; Long red streamers hang from his upper arms and he carries wooden sword in each hand; Teepee is shown in background at right and dancer is backlit by light from orange and yellow flames; Signature "Al Momaday" is printed in white paint near bottom center; "Mountain Spirits Dancer, Mescalero Apache by Al Momaday $75.00" is printed in black ink on reverse. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1960 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.7, Length = 43.2

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1143   CAS 0370-1143; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Carlos Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Wilson Dewey (Sundust) (1915-1969)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on watercolor paper
Description Untitled painting on white watercolor paper depicting single crown dancer shown in full stride in 3/4 left profile; Dancer wears moccasins, brown fringed buckskin kilt, and black cloth head and face mask topped by fan of wooden slats painted with crescent and other geometric symbols; Dancer's upper body is painted black with white markings and long red streams trail from his upper arms; He carries wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Dewey" is printed along dancer's left foot.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.0, Length = 56.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1144   CAS 0370-1144; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink and watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting two eagle dancers and pair of drummers; Male drummers are shown at right in half profile, each dressed in moccasins, pants, and shirts and each holding pueblo style barrel drum out in front and drumstick in right hand; Dancers are in front of them and are identically dressed in black leggings, leather kilt painted with plumed serpent motif, bundle of eagle feathers tied at their waists, eagle feather "wings" along their arms, and head cap with protruding "beak"; All figures are shown against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.7, Length = 32.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1145   CAS 0370-1145; 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 ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Untitled painting on black mat board depicting two young Navajo men riding their horses toward right edge of painting; Lead rider is on gray pinto horse and is dressed in gray jeans and brown shirt and is playing Navajo pottery drum; Second rider is on salmon-colored pinto horse is is dressed in gray jeans and blue shirt; Stylized plants are in foreground; Navajo Yei (deity) figure streaks across sky in background, and small bird in flight arches across sky in upper left quadrant; Signature "Robert Chee" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 76.9, Length = 50.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1146   CAS 0370-1146; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County San Juan
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Shiprock
Maker's Name Charles Lee (Charlie Lee, Yel Ha Yah, Hush Ka Yel Ha Ya) (b. 1926)
Date of Manufacture 1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on buff paper
Description Painting on beige construction paper entitled "Going to a Sing", depicting 4 young Navajo men riding galloping pinto horses; Each man is dressed in jeans, shirt, moccasins, and headband; Monument valley-type rock formations and stylized clouds are in background; Stylized yucca plants are in foreground; Signature "Yel-Ha-Yah '50" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Written on reverse is the following: "Title 'Going to a Sing' 4 riders, by Charlie Lee Yel-Ha-Yah '50, Gallup, N. Mex. c/o Perea."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 46.4, Length = 32.4

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1147   CAS 0370-1147; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1952-1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Painting on white watercolor paper entitled "Petroglyph Allto" (?), depicting petroglyph of masked human face sprouting deer horns, kiva steps, a bird, shield, and other geometric patterns in colors of light gray, several shades of blue, brick red, and dark gray, all on blue-gray background superimposed on gray-brown background made to look like sand; The following is handwritten in pencil on reverse: "Petroglyph ‘Allto’ Joe H. Herrera Cochiti, Commanche (sic) Gap, Galisteo Basin, South of Santa Fe."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.1, Length = 56.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1148   CAS 0370-1148; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1953-1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials White opaque watercolor on black board
Description Untitled painting on black mat board showing a Navajo woman standing aboard a wagon being pulled by a pair of donkeys; Loaded on the rear of the wagon is a large wooden water barrel; Entire scene is painted in white paint against plain black background; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white paint near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.4, Length = 38.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1150   CAS 0370-1150; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Eliyah (Elijah)
Date of Manufacture 1966
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Engraving on white paper entitled "Bird With Nest" depicting stylized eagle printed in brown and black standing next to a triangular nest containing 3 eggs, all against plain white background; "Bird With Nest, 15/50, Dorset, 1966, Eliyah" is handwritten in pencil below image, along with undetermined word in Inuit characters; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.2, Length = 25.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1151   CAS 0370-1151; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Jamasie
Date of Manufacture 1966
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Engraving on white paper entitled "Family Portrait" showing young Eskimo girl dressed in hooded parka, pants, and mukluks, flanked by her mother on her right (similarly dressed) and her father on her left (dressed in plain parka, pants, and mukluks); Figures are printed in black against plain background; Girl and father are shown in full frontal pose while mother is in 3/4 right profile; "Family portrait, Dorset, 1966, 15/50, Jamasie" is handwritten in pencil below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.0, Length = 25.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1152   CAS 0370-1152; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kiakshuk (Kiaksuk) (1886-1966)
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Man and Seal" depicting Eskimo man dressed in parka, pants, and mukluk, standing poised with spear in one hand next to seal which he either has just killed or is about to kill; Man is printed in black ink and seal is printed in gray ink; "47/50, Man and Seal. Stone cut, Kiakshuk, 1964" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink above and to left of image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.5, Length = 31.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1153   CAS 0370-1153; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Engraving on white paper entitled "Wonderful Bird", depicting stylized image of bird in standing position preening one of its large tail feathers; The bird sports equally large feathers on the top of its head; Image is printed in black; "35/50. Wonderful Bird, Kenojuak, 1964" is handwritten in pencil beneath image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.1, Length = 30.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1154   CAS 0370-1154; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Eejyvudluk (Eegyvudluk, Eejyudluk) (1920-1993)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "The Fisherman" depicting man dressed in parka, pants, and mukluks and carrying small ice fishing pole in left hand and single fish in right hand; Image is printed in black ink; "The Fisherman, Stone cut, 22/50, Cape Dorset, '60, Eejyvudluk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in red and black ink to right of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.7, Length = 30.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1155   CAS 0370-1155; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec
County
Other Geographic Data Povungnituk
Maker's Name Mikpiga
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper with undetermined title depicting two running caribou rendered in the style of cave paintings and printed in black ink; "21/25, 1962" are hand printed in pencil below image along with additional information in Inuit characters; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.2, Length = 29.6

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1156   CAS 0370-1156; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Mungitok
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled engraving on white paper depicting image of solitary goose shown in mid-stride in right profile; Image is printed in black against plain white background; "16/50, Mungitok" is handwritten in pencil below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.0, Length = 48.6

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1157   CAS 0370-1157; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Lukta
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Blue Goose" depicting solitary goose shown in standing right profile with its wings partially outstretched as if preparing to take flight; Upper body of goose is blue-black and underbody is brown, against plain white background; "Blue Goose, Dorset 1965, 15/50, Lukta" is handwritten in pencil below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.0, Length = 50.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1158   CAS 0370-1158; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Lucy
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Ravens Disturbing Ducks" depicting 3 ducks in flight being harassed by 3 ravens; Images are printed in black with blue underbody markings; "Ravens Disturbing Ducks, Stone cut, 17/50, Lucy, 1965" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink to left of image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.7, Length = 43.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1159   CAS 0370-1159; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec
County
Other Geographic Data Povungnituk
Maker's Name Juanisialu
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper with undetermined title, depicting Eskimo man dressed in parka, pants, and mukluk and carrying harpoon in right hand and leash in his left hand, leading to dog in front of him which is approaching body of small seal; Owl (?) appears overhead, and at far left is unidentified object, marked with Inuit characters; "26/30, 1962" is hand printed in pencil below image along with additional information printed in Inuit characters; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 55.3, Length = 39.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1160   CAS 0370-1160; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kiakshuk (Kiaksuk) (1886-1966)
Date of Manufacture January 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print entitled "Summer Caribou Hunt" depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and aiming arrow at pair of caribou fleeing before him; Images are printed in black on brown background; "Summer Caribou Hunt, Stone cut 24/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, Jan. 1960, Kiakshuk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in red and black ink in upper right corner of brown background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.7, Length = 32.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1161   CAS 0370-1161; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Tukakikaloo
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Sealskin stencil print on white paper entitled "Four Geese" showing 4 geese walking in single file in right profile; Upper bodies of geese are blue-black and the underbellies are brown; Their eyes are green and their beaks are yellow; They are shown against plain white background; "Four Geese, Stencil, 19/50, Tukakikaloo, 1965" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink above and to left of image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears to right of handwritten date.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.0, Length = 54.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1162   CAS 0370-1162; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pitseolak (1904-1973)
Date of Manufacture 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone-cut print entitled "In the Night Sky" on white paper showing native man riding on sled being pulled by mythological creature with bird's body and human head; Man appears to be sitting on tail of mouse-like animal whose body is bouncing in the air behind the man; Entire image is printed in black ink; "In the Night Sky, Stone cut #10/50 Cape Dorset N.W.T. 1961 Mary Pitseolak" is written in pencil along bottom of image; Artist's chop mark is stamped in red ink and artists' co-op mark is stamped in black ink above and to right of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 76.3, Length = 35.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1163   CAS 0370-1163; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pauta (b. 1916)
Date of Manufacture 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled engraving on white paper depicting owl shown in full frontal view with its wings fully outstretched; Image is printed in black against plain white background; "11/50, 1963" is hand printed in pencil below image, along with additional information that is printed in Inuit characters; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.5, Length = 31.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1164   CAS 0370-1164; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Eejyvudluk (Eegyvudluk, Eejyudluk) (1920-1993)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Sealskin stencil print on white paper entitled "Running Goose" depicting single image of goose in running stride, printed in black against plain white background; "Running Goose, Skin stencil 23/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Eegyudluk" is hand printed in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op are stamped in red and black ink in upper right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 61.0, Length = 32.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1165   CAS 0370-1165; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kovinatilliak
Date of Manufacture 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on off-white paper entitled "Birds of My Dream" depicting pair of stylized birds shown in single file in left profile; Each bird has black feathers on its back, white feathers on its head and underbelly, 2 pair of red feathers on top of its head, and apparently an extra set of legs attached to its wings; Image is printed against plain white background; "Birds of my Dream, Stone cut, #48/50, Cape Dorset N.W.T., 1961, Kovinatilliak" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chops marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) and of printer are printed in red and black ink near lower right edge. This print was selected by Ruth Elkus in 1964 as her annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.4, Length = 36.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1166   CAS 0370-1166; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Ulayu
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Shore Birds", depicting 2 birds walking on ground with 8 others overhead in flight; Image is printed in black ink; "23/50 Shore Birds, Stone cut, Ulaya 1964" is handwritten in pencil along bottom of image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink below and to right of image; Embossed chop mark of artists' co-op appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.5, Length = 43.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1167   CAS 0370-1167; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Papi
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Print on white paper with undetermined title, showing images of a goose and a fish among several irregularly shaped blocks bearing outlined images of fish and a human face; "21/30, 1962" is hand printed in pencil below image, along with additional information (title, artist's name, etc.?); Images are printed in black against plain white background; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 53.7, Length = 37.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1168   CAS 0370-1168; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Sharni
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Ducks and Young" depicting pair of adult ducks and one duckling in flight; Ducks are printed in green ink against plain white background; "23/50, Ducks and Young, Stone cut, Sharni, 1964" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed to right of image in black and red ink; Embossed chop mark for printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.2, Length = 43.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1169   CAS 0370-1169; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kiakshuk (Kiaksuk) (1886-1966)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Sealskin stencil print on white paper entitled "Three Bear Hunters" depicting 3 hunters (2 armed with spears) confronting a bear; All figures are depicted in highly stylized manner and are printed in blue and black ink against a blank background; "Three Bear Hunters, Sealskin stencil 31/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Kiakshuk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Artist's chop mark is printed in red ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in black ink below and to right of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 64.8, Length = 49.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1170   CAS 0370-1170; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Inukjurakjic
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white mulberry paper entitled "Bear and Seal" depicting adult polar bear dragging body of seal by its head; Image is printed in black ink against plain background; "48/50, Bear and Seal, Stone cut, Inukjurakjic, 1964" is handwritten in pencil below image; Artist's chop mark is printed in black ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Arts) is printed in black and red ink in upper right corner; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.5, Length = 49.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1171   CAS 0370-1171; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pannichea
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Birds" depicting mother goose (?) with 3 chicks, printed in blue and green ink against plain background; "30/50, Birds, Stone cut, Pannichea, 1964" is handwritten in pencil below image; Artist's chop mark is printed in black ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in red ink to right of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.0, Length = 42.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1172   CAS 0370-1172; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Eejyvudluk (Eegyvudluk, Eejyudluk) (1920-1993)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Wolf Possessed by Spirits" depicting image of standing wolf, shown in full length, left profile against plain background; Wolf's head and face is that of human and 2 small human faces are shown behind it, as if embodied in the wolf; "Wolf Possessed by Spirits, Stone cut 33/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Is. 1960, Eejyvudluk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Artists' chop mark and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art" art printed in black ink above and to left of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.4, Length = 31.0

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1173   CAS 0370-1173; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Sharni
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Woman Dressed in Caribou Clothing" depicting solitary image of woman, shown standing in right profile and dressed in hooded parka, skirt, and mukluks and carrying baby on her back; Image is printed in brown and olive green; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op are printed to right of image in black and red ink; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.1, Length = 62.3

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1174   CAS 0370-1174; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Sheauak
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Sealskin stencil print on white paper entitled "Ringed Seal", depicting single image of seal shown in full frontal pose as if standing on its hind flippers; Head of seal is black, its body is teal blue, and its underbelly is white; "Ringed Seal, Skin stencil, 43/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Sheauak" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op are printed in black and red ink slightly above and to right of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.8, Length = 59.7

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1175   CAS 0370-1175; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec
County
Other Geographic Data Povungnituk
Maker's Name Kuanana
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper with undetermined title, depicting standing Eskimo man dressed in parka, pants, and mukluks and holding bow and arrows in right hand and goose in left hand; Smaller goose is depicted above man's right shoulder and unidentified quadruped is depicted beneath his feet; Images are all printed in black ink and outlined with negative silhouettes; "18/30, 1962" are hand printed in pencil below image, along with additional information (title, artist's name, etc.?) which are printed in Inuit characters.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.8, Length = 55.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1176   CAS 0370-1176; Engraving
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Engraving
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled engraving on white paper depicting duck-like bird shown in left profile striding position, and a seagull-like bird flying right behind it; Both birds are depicted with geometric feather patterns and seagull-like bird has image of polar bear on its side; Both images are printed in black on plain white background; "11/50, Kenojuak" are handwritten in pencil in lower left and lower right corners, respectively, below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.6, Length = 31.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1177   CAS 0370-1177; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Jerry Norton (b. 1942)
Date of Manufacture 07 April 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Painting on white paper, entitled "Successful Hunt", depicting 7 men returning from a seal hunt; 3 men are unloading the skin-covered umiak while 2 others stand to the right side holding their bow and harpoon and the remaining 2 kneel among the seals and tools that have been unloaded; 5 seals lie in the foreground or in the boat; Body of open water is shown behind boat, with ice blocks and snow drifts ringing its shoreline in the background; Signature "Jerry Norton 61" is printed in green ink in lower right corner along with image of feather.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.0, Length = 29.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1178   CAS 0370-1178; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Bella Coola (?)
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Wiclbee (?) Reuben
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper; Pencil; Ink
Description Untitled pencil and ink drawing on white paper depicting a trolling boat named "Silver Spray", shown in left profile; "British Columbias (sic) Trolling Boat" is handwritten in purple ink in upper left corner; "W/R/ 5476, Bella Coola, B.C." is printed in pencil on side of boat; "From Wiclbee [?] Reuben Northwest coast Indian B.C." is written in ink on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 26.5, Length = 16.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1179   CAS 0370-1179; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Northwest Territories
County
Other Geographic Data Read Island
Maker's Name Louis Taptuma (Lapluma or Laptuma?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Pastel chalk and charcoal on construction paper
Description Untitled abstract (?) drawing on gray construction paper, possibly representing a rainstorm; 2 gray areas with vertical strokes against turquoise colored background intersect with gray area along bottom with horizontal strokes; Signature "Louis Taptuma [possibly Lapluma or Laptuma], Eskimo, 52 years, Read Is. N.W. Territories" is handwritten in pencil in lower right corner on reverse (same handwriting as for James Taipanak paintings).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.8, Length = 20.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1180   CAS 0370-1180; Collage
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Collage
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Northwest Territories
County
Other Geographic Data Village: Cambridge Bay
Maker's Name James Taipanak
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor and casein (?) on paper; Glue
Description Untitled collage on paper depicting landscape scene; Alaskan coastline (?) is painted in green and gray with blue ocean shown at bottom of painting; 2 paper cutout figures in shape of standing Eskimos dressed in parkas, pants, and mukluks are placed within the landscape; Collage is unsigned; "Eskimo, Cambridge Bay, 40 yrs." is handwritten in ink on reverse of blue paper backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.1, Length = 22.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1181   CAS 0370-1181; Collage
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Collage
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Northwest Territories
County
Other Geographic Data Read Island
Maker's Name Louis Taptuma (Lapluma or Laptuma?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor and cutouts on paper
Description Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting landscape scene, possibly of eroding seaside cliffs on sides of volcanoes; Blue sky and blue ocean waters are depicted above and below, respectively, a brown band with vertical gullies and black caprocks; Signature "Louis Taptuma (possibly Lapluma or Laptuma) is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for James Taipanak paintings).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.0, Length = 22.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1182   CAS 0370-1182; Collage
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Collage
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Northwest Territories
County
Other Geographic Data Village: Cambridge Bay
Maker's Name James Taipanak
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper; Paper cutouts; Glue
Description Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting paper cutout of Eskimo man dressed in red parka and turquoise colored pants carrying rifle and standing on shoreline of water body while pair of paper cutout birds swim offshore; Impressionistic landscape in colors of gray and yellow against green sky with sun and single-lined red rainbow (?) are shown in background; Signature "James Taipanak, 40 yrs., Cambridge Bay" is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.2, Length = 22.5

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1184   CAS 0370-1184; Collage
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Collage
Culture Cree
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Manitoba
County
Other Geographic Data Lower Manitoba Lakes
Maker's Name Jane Hornbrook (?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Paper cutouts and crayon on paper
Description Untitled collage depicting flowering plant made of painted and cutout red flowers and green paper leaves, all arranged in blue flower pot-shaped container with cutout green plant and orange bird on side, all glued to white paper backing; "Mrs. Jane Hornbrook, T R (?)" is handwritten in pencil along bottom edge; "Indian Lower Manitoba Lakes Woman Swampy Cree" is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 26.3, Length = 41.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1197   CAS 0370-1197; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper, folded to form Christmas card; Painting on front depicts stylized parrot, painted with geometric patterns in colors of gray, rust brown, turquoise, light brown, and yellow; Signature "Gilbert Atencio 62" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner; Handwritten message inside reads "To Wish You Peace, Joy + Happiness for Christmas + The New Year, Fr. Gilbert Atencio." Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.4, Length = 17.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1201   CAS 0370-1201; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Raymond Naha (1933-1975)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on brown mat board
Description Untitled painting depicting Zuni Shalako ceremony; Depicted in center background is Zuni shrine with bird perched on rainbow arch; In center foreground is pair of Koyemsi or Mudhead Katsinam, each wearing black kilt and neckerchief and brown leather case mask; They are flanked on either side by Salimopia Thlian'ona (Blue Warrior of the West) who are dressed in embroidered kilts and turquoise colored case masks that are largely hidden behind collar ruffs of black crow feathers and who serve as guardians of important katsinam; At left and right side of painting is a Shalako impersonator, each wearing Shalako mask and costume and shown in striding position; Signed "Naha" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 81.3, Length = 50.7

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

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1203   CAS 0370-1203; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Fort Sill Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "Searching for the Enemy" depicting 9 Apache warriors mounted on galloping horses riding across low hills devoid of vegetation except for low bushes and one juniper tree in lower right foreground; Warriors are all shirtless and wear moccasins, white pants, and/or breechclouts; Principle subject depicted in foreground is reeling his pinto steed to his left and he wears a war cap, indicating he may be the leader; He also carries rifle, whereas others are armed with bows and arrows and spears; Signature "Allan Houser 60" is printed in red paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 99.0, Length = 76.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1204   CAS 0370-1204; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zuni Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County McKinley
Other Geographic Data Zuni Pueblo
Maker's Name Dixon Shebala (ca. 1940-1977)
Date of Manufacture 1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting showing Zuni Hilili dance; Left to right are 1) Hilili Kohanna (Corn Hilili), 2) Hilili Kohanna Okya (Corn Hilili Girl), 3) Clemhoktoni, 4) Hilili Kohanna Okya, and 5) Hilili Kohanna; Both Hilil Kohanna figures wear white kilts with sun symbols on blue band, bandoliers, wild cat skins around shoulders, and case masks with white beards and sun symbols and feather fans attached at top, and each carries yucca spears; Hilili Kohanna Okya figures wear one-shoulder dresses and masks with wigs and broad band painted across eyes; Clemhoktoni wears white kilt with sun symbols on blue band and tableta headdress; Signature "Shebala '56" is printed in black paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 73.6, Length = 44.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1205   CAS 0370-1205; 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 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Untitled painting depicting Navajo fire dance with four Navajo men wearing breechclouts and whose bodies are painted with clay, dancing around small bonfire while brandishing burning cedar torches; Two dancers on right and in background are tossing burning embers in air, while dancer at left is prodding 4th dancer with hot torch; Scene is set against black background; Image of moon transformed into arching Yei (deity) figure is overhead; Signature "Robert Chee" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 70.5, Length = 50.8

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1206   CAS 0370-1206; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Theodore Suina (Ku-Pe-Ru) (b. 1918)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on brown illustration board
Description Painting on brown mat board entitled "Koshare in Prayer of Thanks" depicting Koshare clown standing at left and shown in left profile with his arms held out in front; His body is painted in alternating gray and brown stripes and he wears blue breechclout and cape; 4 cornstalks are shown in right foreground against outline of pueblo in background; Rainbow arch ending in deity's body curves upward from pueblo to left edge and 3 stylized clouds fill the sky; Signature "Ku-Pe-Ru '58" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; "Theodore Suina, Cochiti Pueblo, Pena Blanca, N. Mex. Koshare in Prayer of Thanks, $40.00" is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 51.1, Length = 72.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1207   CAS 0370-1207; 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. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Painting on black mat board entitled "Navajo Feather Dance" depicting Talking God (the principle Navajo deity) leading line of 2 female and 1 male dancer, all of whom carry wands with ribbon streamers as they dance toward a large bonfire in the left foreground; 2 men are seated in the background as one shakes a rattle and the other taps a basket-drum, their faces lit by the fire's light; Signature "B Yazz" is printed in white paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 81.4, Length = 51.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1209   CAS 0370-1209; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Hopi (?)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name David Holt
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Block print entitled "Hopi Snake Dance" (State 2, #4/10) showing 2 groupings of snake dance figures, each printed multiple times in black ink in overlapping pattern; First group of 2 dancers and partial image of third dancer (with their faces in dark shadows) is printed 3 times in upper left quadrant and 3 times in upper right quadrant (but slightly lower than on left side); Full image of second group of 2 dancers is printed twice in lower left quadrant, flanked on either side by partial image (right hand figure only) of group; Full image of second group is printed twice also in lower right quadrant; Title and edition number are written in ink in lower left corner; Signed "David Holt" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.2, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1210   CAS 0370-1210; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pudlo
Date of Manufacture 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white mulberry or rice paper entitled "Eagle Carrying Man" depicting stylized eagle printed in brown ink carrying man in its talons by man's feet, while man holds rake-like object; Man is printed in black ink; "46/50, 1963" are handwritten in pencil below image, along with title (?) and artist's name (?), the latter both printed in pencil in Inuit characters; Title "Eagle Carrying Man" is handwritten in pencil along upper edge on reverse; Artist's chop mark is printed in red ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in black ink above and to left of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.7, Length = 62.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1211   CAS 0370-1211; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1952-1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on paper
Description Painting on light gray watercolor paper entitled "Four Petroglyph Figures" depicting row of 4 human -like figures from various locations in Galisteo Basin, New Mexico; Each figure is shown in dancing pose and is dressed in kilt, and headdress and other articles of clothing or body paint adornment; Two central figures hold arrows in their mouths; Figures are painted in colors of brick red, white, gold, and several shades of blue; Horned sun or moon and star motifs appear overhead; Background is finely spattered to give appearance of gray sand; The following is handwritten in pencil on reverse: “1st fig[ure] from Commanche Gap, 2nd & 3rd [figures from] San Cristobal, 4th[figure from] Boca, Galisteo Basin, N. Mex."; Also written on back in different handwriting: “Joe Herrera No. 9 Four Petroglyph Figures, Price $150.00”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 65.8, Length = 50.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1212   CAS 0370-1212; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Zia Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Zia Pueblo
Maker's Name Diego Salas (b. 1948)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on heavy white paper entitled "Crow Dancers", depicting 5 identically dressed dancers in single file row and shown in left profile; Each dancer is slightly bent at the waist with his left leg raised and left and right arms extending behind or out in front, respectively; Each dancer's body is painted black and each wears white moccasins, short blue pants with red apron on front and rear, concho belt, and headdress of turkey feathers and an eagle plume; Dancers' faces are painted red across the eyes and around the mouth; Each dancer carries feathered want in right hand and eagle plume in left hand; Signature "D. Salas" is painted in green paint (over-painted in red) in lower right corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1951 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 73.4, Length = 29.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1213   CAS 0370-1213; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on rice paper
Description Stone cut print on white mulberry or rice paper entitled "Sun Owl" depicting image of owl, shown with its talons spread and with feathers extending out from every part of its body; Upper feathers of owl are orange, lower feathers and legs are black, and feathers on face and underbelly are yellow; "45/50" and title are hand printed in pencil below and to left of image, the latter printed in Inuit (?) characters; Artist's name is printed in Inuit (?) characters below and to right of image; Artist's chop mark is printed in black ink and chop mark of artists' co-op is printed in red ink adjacent to artist's hand printed name; "45/50, Sun Owl, Kenojuak" are handwritten in pencil along top edge on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 92.6, Length = 62.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1214   CAS 0370-1214; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pitseolak (1904-1973)
Date of Manufacture 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stencil print on white paper entitled "Owls at Play" depicting adult owl standing in center with its wings outstretched while 2 younger owls flutter above it; 2 possible bird-like creatures flank the larger owl; Image is printed in orange and overprinted in blue; "44/50" is printed in pencil below and to left of image, along with title (?) and artist's name (?), both of which are printed in Inuit characters' chop marks of artist and artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed above and to right of image in red and black ink; "44/50, Owls at Play, Pitseolak" is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 71.5, Length = 62.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1215   CAS 0370-1215; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma) (1900-1986)
Date of Manufacture 1954
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "Clowns Getting Ready", depicting interior kiva scene with 5 Koshare dancers each with his body painted in alternating black and white stripes and wearing a horned headdress; One adult dancer applies body paint to younger dancer in left foreground, while 3 other adult dancers converse in right background; Ladder extends up through kiva roof and pueblo style drum hands on wall; Signed "Kabotie" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 37.4, Length = 50.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1216   CAS 0370-1216; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1957
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white watercolor paper depicting buffalo dance scene including 3 drummers playing pueblo-style barrel drums, 2 male buffalo dancers wearing white kilts and buffalo headdresses, 2 female dancers wearing white embroidered one-shoulder dresses and carrying turkey feather fans, and 1 male dancer wearing beaded buckskin leggings and kilt with plumed serpent image and carrying bow and arrows; Sun motif is overhead and brown rainbow arches over all figures, ending in geometric design at sides; Signature "Gilbert Atencio '57" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 77.2, Length = 58.2

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

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1218   CAS 0370-1218; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Mungita
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white rice paper entitled "Capturing a Powerful Bird" depicting goose-like bird fluttering overhead, while 4 men below try to pull it down by means of rope attached to bird's leg and 5th man shoots arrow toward bird; Bird and 4 men pulling rope are printed in black ink against plain background while archer and his arrow are printed in green ink; "47/50, Capturing a Powerful Bird, Stone cut, Mungita, 1964" is handwritten in pencil beneath image; Chop marks of artist' and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink to left of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.3, Length = 54.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1219   CAS 0370-1219; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Aggeo (ca. 1906-1977)
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Man with Three Fishes" showing standing Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka, pants and mukluks with his back to viewer, holding line with 3 large fish attached; Man is printed in black ink and fish are printed in black, yellow, and orange; "Man with Three Fishes, Stone cut, 20/50, Aggeo, 1965" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink above and to right of image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 63.3, Length = 49.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1220   CAS 0370-1220; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pitseolak (1904-1973)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Playing Kickball with Demons", showing human dressed in hooded parka and 6 mythological animals all gathered in a circle with a red ball in the center; The man and 3 of the animals are printed in black and the remaining 3 animals are printed in green, all on plain background; "Playing Kickball with Demons, Stone cut, 23/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, Petseolak" is handwritten in pencil below the image; Chop marks of the artist and of artists co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed above and to left of image in red and black ink.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.4, Length = 46.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1221   CAS 0370-1221; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Nepachee (Nawpachee, Napachee)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Bird Spirits" depicting two figures, each with human bodies and bird heads; First figure is flying overhead, while second one is shown standing in boat-like vessel with goose head-shaped prow and two feline-like heads at the stern; Images are printed in black ink on teal blue background; "Bird Spirits, Stone cut, 34/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Nepachee" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op are printed in red and black ink in lower right corner of teal blue background area.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.6, Length = 48.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1222   CAS 0370-1222; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Natsivaar
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Angels in the Moon" depicting crescent moon face inside scalloped-edged circle at bottom and two Eskimo angels dressed in parkas and mukluks and sporting wings, all printed in black on gray background; "Angels in the Moon, Stone cut, 40/50. Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Natsivaar" is hand printed in pencil beneath image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed above in red and black in in upper left corner. This print was selected by Ruth Elkus in 1966 as her annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 61.0, Length = 66.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1223   CAS 0370-1223; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pootagook
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Fish in a Pool" depicting school of fish swimming in every direction; Fish at top of school are orange colored while those at bottom are more brown; "Fish in a Pool, Stone cut, 15/50, Dorset, 1965, Pootagook" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in red and black ink in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 86.0, Length = 62.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1224   CAS 0370-1224; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kakulu
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Pigments on paper
Description Stencil print on off-white paper entitled "Caribou" depicting 4 standing caribou (3 facing left, 1 facing right), all printed in brown against plain background; Chop marks of artist and of artist's co-op (Canadian Eskimo Arts) are stamped in upper right corner in black and red ink, respectively; "Caribou, Stencil 15/50, Dorset 1965, Kakulu" is handwritten in pencil beneath printed image; Chop mark of artist's co-op (Canadian Eskimo Arts) is embossed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 82.5, Length = 66.8

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1225   CAS 0370-1225; Carved panel
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Carved panel
Culture Haida (Aleut*)
Global Region North America
Country Canada (USA*)
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia (Alaska*)
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Sitka; Mt. Edgecumbe School*
Maker's Name Andy Kochergin (1934-1965)
Date of Manufacture 1952
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) panel; Varnish
Description Untitled low relief carving on a large cedar panel (2 cedar planks joined down the center) depicting a dogfish (shark) image, shown in bisected, X-ray technique; Image incorporates a human face within the shark's body; This image was copied (albeit as mirror image) after an 1897 drawing done by Charles Edenshaw for anthropologist Franz Boas (originally published in 1905 by John R. Swanton in Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VIII, Part 1 - Contributions of the Ethnology of the Haida, Plate XXI [reprinted from V, Part 1 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1905]); Front and sides of panel are varnished, but otherwise panel is in natural unpainted state; Artist's signature, "Andy Kochergin" is written in script in pencil on reverse. NOTE: Andy Kochergin was himself an Aleut, from Alaska and produced this carving of a Haida image while he was enrolled at the Mt. Edgecumbe School in Sitka, AK.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 57.3, Length = 89.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1226   CAS 0370-1226; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Geese Frightened by a Fox", showing 7 geese (3 flying overhead and 4 taking flight) and a fox, all printed in black on a mauve background; "Geese Frightened by a Fox, Stone cut 22/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Is. 1960, Kenojuak" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in red and black ink in lower right corner of background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.9, Length = 54.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1227   CAS 0370-1227; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on gray textured board
Description Untitled painting on heavy gray textured board depicting Plains Indian dressed in beaded moccasins and buckskin pants and vest and riding black and white pinto horse and holding bow in one hand, having just shot arrow into one of two deer fleeing in front of him; Deer and hunter are shown again plain background; Signature "Crumbo" is printed in orange paint near bottom center. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus as one of their annual holiday cards (date unknown), printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 66.5, Length = 46.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1228   CAS 0370-1228; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1942
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting 3 Plains Indian fancy dancers; Figures at left and right are shown in left and right profiles, respectively and are mirror images of each other; Each wears beaded moccasins, wristlets, and vest, feathered rosettes on both knees and both upper arms, breechclout with pair of long red streams, eagle feather bustle, and blue head cap with rainbow-colored horsehair roach; Central dancer is shown with his back to viewer and is dressed similarly to other dancers but without vest or blue cap; Signature "W. Crumbo" is printed in brown ink to right of lower center. Original catalog card reads, “Exhibited by Suzie Peters at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1942. Peters was Indian School matron/teacher at Anadarko, OK ca 1918 to ca. 1940s.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 63.0, Length = 47.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1229   CAS 0370-1229; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Creek, Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on light gray paper depicting eagle dancer shown in full frontal view in standing position with outstretched arms; Dancer wears blue beaded moccasins, beaded garters, wristlets, armlets, and belt and blue beaded or embroidered apron, eagle feather bustle, and headdress with feathered rosette and yellow horsehair roach; Row of eagle feathers form "wings" along dancer's arms; Dancer is flanked on his right by two seated women wearing buckskin dresses and shoulder blankets and on his left by a man wearing buckskin pants, beaded vest, and eagle feather head bonnet and playing hand drum; Signature "Crumbo" is printed in orange paint near lower right corner. Original catalog card reads, “Exhibited by Suzie Peters at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1942. Peters was Indian School matron/teacher at Anadarko, OK ca 1918 to ca. 1940s.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 64.0, Length = 50.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1230   CAS 0370-1230; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on pebble board
Description Painting entitled "Navajo Card Game" depicting a woman and 3 men seated in circle on ground and playing game of cards, using Navajo saddle blanket as card table and jewelry items (bracelets, belts, ketoh, concha belts) as wagers; 4th man is asleep in foreground; Overall scene is painted in shades of grays and browns on plain white background; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.7, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1231   CAS 0370-1231; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Cochiti Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Sandoval
Other Geographic Data Cochiti Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1952-1956
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on blue paper
Description Painting on blue watercolor paper entitled "Ducks" depicting 3 vertical columns of black ducks flying in formation, as depicted in petroglyph; Cattail plant grows near bottom of painting and stylized clouds, rainbow, and sun motif are shown in background, all in colors of black, brick red, turquoise, white, and gold; Support paper is finely spattered to give appearance of gray-blue sand; The following is handwritten in pencil on reverse, "’Ducks’ (Petroglyph of ducks found in Galisteo Basin near Santa Fe, New Mex.) Joe Herrera Cochiti Pueblo $40." This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1961 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.5, Length = 50.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1232   CAS 0370-1232; 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: Window Rock
Maker's Name Al Hicks
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on matboard
Description Untitled painting on black mat board depicting Navajo woman dressed in rust colored blouse and long pleated skirt, riding blue-gray, high-stepping pinto horse; Woman carries possible prayer stick or bundle of rabbitbrush flowers; Sparse landscape is depicted by several stylized yucca plants in center foreground and several rocky spires in left background; Signature "Al Hicks 1964 (Navajo)" is printed in white paint just below center foreground. Al Hicks was brother of Navajo artist, Bobby Hicks.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 81.2, Length = 50.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1233   CAS 0370-1233; Sandpainting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Fred Stevens (Grey Squirrel) (1922-1983)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Sand; Glue; Plywood
Description Sandpainting entitled "The Four Direction Frogs" depicting four frogs facing a central circle (lake); Each frog is colored a sacred color corresponding to a cardinal direction; Four sacred plants (corn, beans, squash, and tobacco) also grow out of central circle; Artist's signature, date, and lengthy explanation of painting are hand written in ink on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 41.8, Length = 40.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1234   CAS 0370-1234; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture 1958
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Earth pigments; Glue; Masonite
Description Earth pigment painting entitled "Tyuonyi 'Frijole' Pictograph", depicting several partial and complete outlined deer figures and one outlined mountain lion (?) figure, as they would appear in a pictograph; Figures are shown in white against a pink, brown, and black background; Work is unsigned. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.9, Length = 40.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1235   CAS 0370-1235; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1958-1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Earth pigments; Glue; Masonite
Description Earth pigment painting entitled "Two Mountain Sheep Dancers", depicting 2 male dancers, each wearing black dance kilt, white shirt and leggings, and black and yellow headdress in shape of mountain sheep horns; Both figures are facing to left and are leaning on 2 sticks as they dance; Signature "Pablita Velarde" is printed in black pigment in lower left corner. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.7, Length = 39.9

Catalog Number CAS 0370-1236   CAS 0370-1236; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Santa Clara Pueblo
Maker's Name Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1958-1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Earth pigments; Glue; Masonite
Description Earth pigment painting entitled "Bird", depicting single image of roadrunner (?) in black and white pigments on light brown background: geometric and floral motifs fill lower portion of painting in black and rust brown pigments against cream-colored background; Large geometric design fills upper portion of painting in black, rust brown, and cream-colored pigments; Signature "Pablita Velarde" is printed in black pigments in lower right corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1957 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Length = 60.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1237   CAS 0370-1237; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation
Maker's Name Waldo Mootzka (Mootska) (1910-1940)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1939
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting entitled "Niman Dancers", depicting 7 Niman dancers in full ceremonial regalia (embroidered kilts, case masks with elaborate tabletas, and spruce ruff collars) facing 2 Hemis Kachin' Mana figures who are kneeling in front of and facing the dancers, each wearing a red, white, and black striped blanket and with her hair in the butterfly whorl pattern; Niman (aka the Home Dance), when the katsinam leave for their spiritual home in the San Francisco peaks, is held in mid-summer for 16 days; Signature "Mootzka" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.9, Length = 33.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1238   CAS 0370-1238; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1951
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting unidentified pueblo dance; Line of 14 bare-chested male dancers in embroidered kilts carrying gourd rattles and spruce boughs are accompanied by 2 female dancers wearing black woven dresses, pink shawls, and eagle feather headdresses and carrying turkey feather fans; Male drummer in white pants and red shirt plays blue barrel drum at right; Signature "Gilbert Atencio '51" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 67.8, Length = 45.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1239   CAS 0370-1239; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona, New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Mrs. Armer?
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on brown paper
Description Painting of sand painting from Navajo Windway Chant, depicting 4 male Windway people shown in line in full frontal view, each one painted one of the four sacred colors (black, blue, yellow, and white); A rainbow Yei guardian figure surrounds the Windway people on 3 sides, and the entire painting is protected by 2 small guardian figures at the top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 81.8, Length = 58.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1240   CAS 0370-1240; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting entitled "San Ildefonso Corn Dance", showing 12 male and 12 female dancers who extend from upper right to lower left corner, then turn toward lower center; Men wear embroidered kilts and white sashes, and their bodies (except faces) are painted gray; Females wear one-shoulder black dresses and turquoise-colored tabletas; Lead male in coral-colored shirt carries embroidered standard; 5 Koshare clowns with bodies painted with gray and white stripes accompany dancers; Chorus of 7 male singers and 1 drummer are shown at right; Church interior is shown in upper left, with several women and men outside; Signature "Gilbert Atencio 60" is printed in black in upper right corner. Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 73.4, Length = 58.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1241   CAS 0370-1241; 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. 1955
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting male and female dancers from Navajo Feather Dance; Woman is wearing long black skirt and orange kilt with deep red blouse; Man is wearing black kilt and his body is painted with white dots; Both dancers carry turkey and eagle feather fans in their hands and both wear brown fur collars and conical hats with brown fur brims and plumes of eagle feather down; Dancers are shown against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in black ink near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 41.5, Length = 48.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1242   CAS 0370-1242; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar, Warm Mountain, Sua Peen) (b. 1924)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Watercolor on watercolor paper
Description Untitled impressionistic painting on white watercolor paper depicting 2 male and 1 female butterfly dancers in single file and shown in 3/4 left profile; Male dancers wear moccasins, leg garters, white kilts, and spruce bough armlets, and feathers in their hair, and each carries additional spruce boughs; Female dancer wears moccasins, woven one-shoulder dress, eagle feather bustle, and wooden tableta and she also carries spruce boughs; Figures are painted very loosely against dark maroon background; Painting is unsigned. Original catalog card indicates this painting was done from a photograph of an actual ceremonial dance. Joe Aguilar (Jose Vincente Aguilar) is the son of Rosalie Simbola Aguilar and Joe Aguilar [José Angeles Aguilar] and the brother of Florence Aguilar Naranjo and Alfred Aguilar, all of whose works are also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.0, Length = 36.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1243   CAS 0370-1243; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Quincy Tahoma (ca. 1920-1956)
Date of Manufacture 1941
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on gray-brown construction paper entitled "Fire Dance", depicting two Navajo Night Chant dancers encircling large bonfire from which a huge and highly stylized smoke column rises; Dancers wear only breechclouts and have their bodies painted with clay; Dancers brandish flaming torches; Signature "Tahoma 1941" is printed in black paint in lower right corner, beneath a miniature silhouette showing the two dancers; Written on reverse is the following, "Fire Dance, by Quincy Tahoma, Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, price $10.00."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.8, Length = 57.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1244   CAS 0370-1244; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data Picuris Pueblo
Maker's Name Gerald Nailor (Toy Yah, Toh Ya) (1917-1952)
Date of Manufacture 1937
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on heavy paper
Description Painting on heavy white paper entitled "Antelope Hunt" depicting two Navajo men on pinto horses chasing 3 antelope; Both men are dressed in high moccasins and breechclouts; One man carries a long spear while the other carries a knife; The antelope are all posed leaping in unison while looking back at the horses and riders; Stylized plants are in the foreground and in the left background; Entire scene is painted in earth tones against plain white background; Signature "Gerald Nailor '37" is printed in salmon-colored paint in lower right corner; Artist's name, tribal affiliation, age (19) and title are written in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.1, Length = 43.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1245   CAS 0370-1245; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink on mat board
Description Painting on white mat board entitled "Hopi Rattle Snake Dance" depicting two Hopi snake dancers, shown in left profile; Each dancer is dressed in moccasins, leggings, kilt with painted plumed serpent image; Fox skin tail, brown shirt, and feathers in their hair; Each holds one rattlesnake in his mouth and another in left hand; Sun symbol is overhead, flanked on either side by cloud motif; Geometric design with yucca plant fills each lower corner; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink and title "Hopi Rattle Snake Dance" is printed in pencil in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.2, Length = 28.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1246   CAS 0370-1246; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on tan paper depicting male dancer shown in right profile, bent at waist and knees, standing on left foot and with arms hanging down in front; Dancer is dressed in moccasins, breechclout with brown apron and buffalo tail in back; And buffalo headdress with eagle plumes on back; Human hand print is painted on dancer's upper chest and his shoulders and upper arms appear to be painted white with two concentric red circles; A rope encircles his torso and trails behind him; In his hands he carries a green staff; Signature "Tsa' To' Ke" is printed in brown paint in lower left corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1948 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.9, Length = 32.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1247   CAS 0370-1247; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink and watercolor on mat board
Description Untitled painting on white mat board depicting a male and female dancer from buffalo dance, both shown in 3/4 right profile; Lead male dancer wears white moccasins, black leggings and shirt, white embroidered kilt, and buffalo headdress with eagle feathers trailing down his back; He carries bow and arrows in left hand and rattle in right hand; Female dancer wears white moccasins, black one-shoulder dress, and embroidered white shawl with parrot (?) feathers in her hair and two turkey or hawk feathers in each hand; Above dancers is horned sun in center, flanked by cloud motif; Geometric design with yucca plant fills each lower corner; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.4, Length = 28.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1248   CAS 0370-1248; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name James Auchiah (1906-1974)
Date of Manufacture 1930
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on tan-colored paper depicting Kiowa funeral procession; 2 men dressed in moccasins, buckskin pants with cloth aprons, and buckskin coats carry deceased child's body on stretcher, wrapped in buffalo skin; Beaded moccasins of child protrude from beneath hide; Procession is led by man wearing blue pants and black shoulder blanket and carrying pipe in beaded pipe bag; Woman dressed in black dress and carrying gray and red striped blanket follows group; Signature "Auchiah - 30" is printed in black paint in lower right corner. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in January 1942.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.4, Length = 23.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1249   CAS 0370-1249; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on poster board
Description Untitled painting on thin tan-colored board depicting 3 Plains Indian warriors, all shown standing and looking to the left; Figure on left is shown in 3/4 frontal pose, dressed in moccasins, blue and tan leggings or pants, and yellow shoulder blanket, and headdress of 5 eagle plumes; In right hand he carries yellow shield with red ribbons at sides and white fringe along base; Center figure has back to viewer and wears moccasins, pink and tan leggings or pants, and painted hide robe; He carries bow and quiver of arrows on his back; 3rd figure wears moccasins, tan buckskin or pants, and white shoulder blanket and carries shield on his back; Signature "Tsa-To-Ke" is printed in blue ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 23.0, Length = 28.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1250   CAS 0370-1250; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Kiowa
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on poster board
Description Painting on thin tan-colored board entitled "Dance of the Eagle Clan" depicting 3 male dancers, each shown in left profile, bent at the knees and waist and standing in mid-stride; Each dancer wear breechclout with apron in front and back, and roach with 3 eagle plumes in their hair; Lead dancer also wears ankle rattles; Each carries eagle plume in each hand; Signature "Tsa Toke" is printed in blue pencil in lower right corner; "Dance of the Eagle Clan by Monroe Tsatoke" is written in ink on reverse. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in January 1942. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1935 as their annual holiday card.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 37.2, Length = 25.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1251   CAS 0370-1251; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma) (1900-1986)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1918-1924
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting depicting single stylized Katsina Mana, dressed in woven white manta and white moccasins; Elaborate case mask with red ears, white face with green terraced triangle on lower portion and red terraced triangle on upper portion, surmounted by fan-shaped row of eagle feathers and red and yellow terraced cloud motifs is probably a composite of several katsina figures; Figure is shown without any attempt at perspective; Signature "Fred Kabotie" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus as their annual holiday card, probably in 1950, 1952 or 1953, but possibly 1940.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.1, Length = 38.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1252   CAS 0370-1252; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation
Maker's Name Waldo Mootzka (Mootska) (1910-1940)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting depicting 2 unmasked dancers from the buffalo dance, shown in full length view; Each figure wears black and rust-colored leather kilt, red, green and black sash, and a buffalo headdress and each carries a rattle and a bow; Their lower legs and forearms are painted orange and an circular orange motif and small white crosses are painted on their chests; Signature "Mootzka" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.0, Length = 41.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1253   CAS 0370-1253; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture San Ildefonso Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data San Ildefonso Pueblo
Maker's Name Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (1898-1955)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1935
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Colored ink on paper
Description Untitled painting on white poster board depicting 9 Koshare clowns, two female dancers, and one pueblo man bearing ceremonial staff; Bodies of Koshares are painted black with white stripes; Each wears black breechclout and head cap with two extending horns; Koshare at far left wears brown sheepskin tunic and one at far right plays pueblo-style barrel drum; Female dancers on left end of row wear black one-shoulder pueblo dresses, woven shawls (white with red end bands) and rainbow tabletas and carry feathers in each hand; Man in far right background wears white pants and red shirt and carries long staff with embroidered banner; Signature "Awa Tsireh" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1954 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Awa Tsireh was the cousin of Margaret Lou Gutierrez, whose work is represented in the CAS pottery collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 57.1, Length = 36.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1818   CAS 0370-1818; Sandpainting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Fred Stevens (Grey Squirrel) (1922-1983) (attributed)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Sand; Plywood
Description Sandpainting on plywood depicting Navajo deities, mother earth and father sky; Mother earth is shown with gray body, bearing sacred plants of corn, beans, squash, and tobacco; Father sky's body is black and bears depictions of sun and moon and several constellations; Deities are surrounded on three sides by guardian rainbow band with feathers at corners and at ends and by pair of guardian figures (bat and medicine bundle) at top; Sandpainting is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 122.0, Length = 60.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0052A-C   CAS 0423-0052A-C; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine, Rirotjingo Tribe
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land
Maker's Name madaman
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description Painting entitled "Jumbuwal", depicting part of Thunder Man story; Upper half of painting shows 2 water spouts extending between the sea and clouds; Lower half of painting shows the 2 water spouts joined together, with a spray of water issuing from their base, depicted by white circle (see accompanying typewritten explanatory note written by artist); Pair of painted sticks bound at both ends originally attached along top edge as stretcher.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.3, Thickness = ca. 3.0, Length = 59.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0053   CAS 0423-0053; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Melville Island
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.3, Thickness = 3.2, Length = 33.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0054   CAS 0423-0054; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data City: Darwin
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.5, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 49.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0423-0055   CAS 0423-0055; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Pine Creek
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 55.2

Catalog Number CAS 0423-0056   CAS 0423-0056; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Pine Creek
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 37.4

Catalog Number CAS 0423-0058   CAS 0423-0058; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Pine Creek
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 11.9, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 42.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0334   CAS 0425-0334; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Pitalouisa
Date of Manufacture 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.7, Length = 43.3

Catalog Number

CAS 0429-0032   CAS 0429-0032; Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth; Ink
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.1, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 8.4

Catalog Number

CAS 0429-0033   CAS 0429-0033; Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Culture Portuguese
Global Region Europe
Country Portugal
State/Prov./Dist. Azore or Madeira Islands
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth; Ink
Description Sperm whale tooth scrimshawed on one side with scene of sail boat on water in front of mountain; "Boas Festas" (Portuguese for "good parties," an expression used to wish one well) is inscribed in the top left.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.9, Thickness = 4.1, Length = 14.6

Catalog Number

CAS 0429-0066   CAS 0429-0066; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country China
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Insect parts; Feathers; Cardboard; Wood; Glass
Description Faux painting depicting several floral stems and a small bluebird in flight; Stems of flowering branches are fashioned from insect legs and flowers and bird are fashioned from natural and dyed feathers; All are mounted on white cardboard inscribed with a Japanese script and framed within a pale green mat inside a round dark brown frame with domed glass covering, and fitted with brass hinge on top for hanging.
Dimensions (cm) Thickness = 2.0, Max Diam = 20.7

Catalog Number

CAS 0537-0001   CAS 0537-0001; Plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Plaque
Culture Micronesian: Palauan
Global Region Oceania
Country Palau
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Western Caroline Islands
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Pigment
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.1, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 15.5

Catalog Number CAS 1983-0018-0001   CAS 1983-0018-0001; Sculpture ("Flute Spirit")
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sculpture ("Flute Spirit")
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; First Mesa; Village: Hano
Maker's Name Dan Namingha (b. 1946)
Date of Manufacture 1982
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal: bronze; Wood
Description Cast bronze sculpture entitled "Flute Spirit", depicting a stylized human figure in standing position with arched back and head bowed forward; Figure has a single feather tied atop the long flowing hair, is dressed in a flowing robe that covers its feet, and holds an elongated flute in its hands, with one end held to its mouth and the other end pointing downward; Sculpture is signed along its lower edge "Namingha [copyright] 1982 [artist's hallmark] [#]9 / 18; Sculpture is secured by screws on dark wooden base that is contoured to the shape of the base of the sculpture.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 61.9, Width = 13.5, Depth = ca. 21.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1985-0009-0037   CAS 1985-0009-0037; Scroll
Category Ceremonial Items; Visual Arts
Object Name Scroll
Culture Chippewa, Ojibwe
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Birch (Betula sp.) bark
Description Scroll made from one or more long sheets of birch bark whose ends are secured between two wooden slats; Series of simple figures (humans, animals, plants, man-made objects) are scratched onto surface of bark sheet (sheet has not been unrolled to determine extent and exact nature of drawings).
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 39.6, Length = ca. 95.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1985-0009-0038   CAS 1985-0009-0038; Scroll
Category Ceremonial Items; Visual Arts
Object Name Scroll
Culture Chippewa, Ojibwe
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Birch (Betula sp.) bark
Description Scroll made from one or more long sheets of birch bark whose ends are secured between two wooden slats; Series of simple figures (humans, animals, plants, man-made objects) are scratched onto surface of bark sheet (sheet has not been unrolled to determine extent and exact nature of drawings).
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 34.0, Length = ca. 105.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1985-0009-0039   CAS 1985-0009-0039; Scroll
Category Ceremonial Items; Visual Arts
Object Name Scroll
Culture Chippewa, Ojibwe
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Birch (Betula sp.) bark
Description Scroll made from one or more long sheets of birch bark whose ends are secured between two wooden slats; Series of simple figures (humans, animals, plants, man-made objects) are scratched onto surface of bark sheet (sheet has not been unrolled to determine extent and exact nature of drawings).
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 22.8, Length = ca. 50.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1985-0009-0040   CAS 1985-0009-0040; Scroll
Category Ceremonial Items; Visual Arts
Object Name Scroll
Culture Chippewa, Ojibwe
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Birch (Betula sp.) bark
Description Scroll made from one or more long sheets of birch bark, whose lateral edges are sewn with cotton string (probably to protect against splitting); Series of simple figures (human, animals, plant, man-made objects) is scratched onto surface of bark sheet (sheet has not been unrolled to determine extend and exact nature of drawings).
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 17.0, Length = ca. 75.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0009-0059   CAS 1988-0009-0059; Picture frame
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Picture frame
Culture Filipino
Global Region Southeast Asia
Country Philippines
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1904-1907
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.5, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 32.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0012-0001   CAS 1988-0012-0001; Collage
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Collage
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bark
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.1, Thickness = 2.8, Length = 22.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0012-0002   CAS 1988-0012-0002; Decorated egg
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Decorated egg
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Western Australia
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Broome
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Emu egg shell
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 8.3, Length = 12.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0017-0001   CAS 1988-0017-0001; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Annie Sage
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 40.2, Length = 30.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0017-0002   CAS 1988-0017-0002; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Anita Swan
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.5, Length = 30.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0017-0003   CAS 1988-0017-0003; Block print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Block print
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Hilda Swan
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ink on paper
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 36.7, Length = 30.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1990-0005-0005   CAS 1990-0005-0005; Paper cutout
Category Textiles; Visual Arts
Object Name Paper cutout
Culture Miao
Global Region East Asia
Country China
State/Prov./Dist. Guizhou Province
County Leishan
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1987-1988
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Cutout embroidery pattern showing double dragon design; For use, this pattern is placed over textile panel and then embroidery is done directly over pattern, completely covering it in the process; Completed panel is then sewn to sleeve or other area of garment to be decorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.6, Thickness = 0.0, Length = 20.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1990-0005-0006   CAS 1990-0005-0006; Paper cutout
Category Textiles; Visual Arts
Object Name Paper cutout
Culture Miao
Global Region East Asia
Country China
State/Prov./Dist. Guizhou Province
County Leishan
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1987-1988
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Cutout embroidery pattern showing design of peach and 2 gourds; For use, this pattern is placed over textile panel and then embroidery is done directly over pattern, completely covering it in the process; Completed panel is then sewn to sleeve or other area of garment to be decorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.0, Thickness = 0.0, Length = 23.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1990-0005-0007   CAS 1990-0005-0007; Paper cutout
Category Textiles; Visual Arts
Object Name Paper cutout
Culture Miao
Global Region East Asia
Country China
State/Prov./Dist. Guizhou Province
County Leishan
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1987-1988
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Cutout embroidery pattern showing butterfly design in center and groups of fish in lower corners; For use, this pattern is placed over textile panel and then embroidery is done directly over pattern, completely covering it in the process; Completed panel is then sewn to sleeve or other area of garment to be decorated.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.7, Thickness = 0.0, Length = 22.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0034   CAS 1993-0001-0034; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Yamashima; Temple: Inari
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; paint; Commercial string
Description Rectangular wooden plaque with peaked top, painted with image of white rabbit against an orange oval disk; Red stamp of temple is in lower left corner and Japanese inscription in black paint is written along right edge; Small hole is drilled through near top of plaque and length of coral colored commercially braided string is threaded through it.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 8.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0074   CAS 1993-0001-0074; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 10.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0145   CAS 1993-0001-0145; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Mitsurugi Jinjya; Temple: Mitsurugi Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description 5-sided, flat wooden plaque with painted image of two Tobiuo (flying fish) on front; Cord is threaded through drilled hole at top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 12.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0214A-C   CAS 1993-0001-0214A-C; Votive plaque with stand (2 parts)
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque with stand (2 parts)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Shrine: Jishu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1993
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Wooden votive plaque showing an elaborate painted market scene outside a shrine; Purple curtains read, "Celebration." White lanterns read, "God of a love knot." 2 rocks in front read, "Rock of fortune telling for love." Inscription at right: "1200th anniversary of foundation of the capital." Inscription on left: "God of a love knot; Kyoto, Jishu Shrine."
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.5, Width = 28.0, Depth = 6.3, Thickness = 6.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0225A,B   CAS 1993-0001-0225A,B; Votive plaque with stand
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque with stand
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Nara Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Nara; Shrine: Temukeyama-Hachiman-Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Flat wooden panel cut in the shape and painted to represent a stylized horse (black horse wearing a red blanket and yellow saddle) mounted on a wooden base; Inscriptions at base of panel on both sides; It is believed these began as votive offerings about 1299 years ago, made to the rain deity, in place of real horses; Later they became talismans.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.5, Width = 15.5, Thickness = 4.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0241A,B   CAS 1993-0001-0241A,B; Votive plaque with stand
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque with stand
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Ibaraki Prefecture (?)
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Flat votive board in the form of a highly stylized horse, depicted by a few simple lines and brush strokes; Body of horse is predominantly red with a yellow mane; Saddle originally suggested by 2 wooden slats inserted upright into shallow slots on horse's back (now missing); Figure is mounted on wooden base that is painted red, yellow, and black.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Depth = 9.5, Thickness = 12.4, Length = 12.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0263   CAS 1993-0001-0263; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kingazu; Temple: Fushigi Fudoin
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0294   CAS 1993-0001-0294; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Nashinoki
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Painted by the priest - small in #” (sic).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0399   CAS 1993-0001-0399; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; District: Fushimi; Temple: Fushimi Inaritaisha
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0400   CAS 1993-0001-0400; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.6, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0401   CAS 1993-0001-0401; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Gokogu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 10.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0402   CAS 1993-0001-0402; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name Gyokuo (Kawai)
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description 5-sided, flat wooden plaque with painted image of two monkeys on front; Cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Artist (original painting) Gyokuo (Kawai).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0403   CAS 1993-0001-0403; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0404   CAS 1993-0001-0404; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0405   CAS 1993-0001-0405; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0406   CAS 1993-0001-0406; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0407   CAS 1993-0001-0407; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0408   CAS 1993-0001-0408; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Gokogu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.7, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 10.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0409   CAS 1993-0001-0409; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0410   CAS 1993-0001-0410; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0411   CAS 1993-0001-0411; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0412   CAS 1993-0001-0412; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0413   CAS 1993-0001-0413; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0414   CAS 1993-0001-0414; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0415   CAS 1993-0001-0415; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0416   CAS 1993-0001-0416; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Iwashimizu Hachiman
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description 5-sided, flat wooden plaque with painted image of galloping brown horse on front; String is threaded through drilled hole at top; This is a copy of the works of artist Chobu.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0417   CAS 1993-0001-0417; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description 5-sided, flat wooden plaque with painted image of galloping white horse on front; Green (faded to yellow) cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Inscription stamped in upper right corner identifies the shrine.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.1, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 8.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0418   CAS 1993-0001-0418; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.6, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0419   CAS 1993-0001-0419; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.6, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0420   CAS 1993-0001-0420; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hashiman Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 10.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0421   CAS 1993-0001-0421; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0422   CAS 1993-0001-0422; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0423   CAS 1993-0001-0423; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.9, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0424   CAS 1993-0001-0424; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Artist’s signature in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0425   CAS 1993-0001-0425; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 10.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0426   CAS 1993-0001-0426; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0427   CAS 1993-0001-0427; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name Sho Sei
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0428   CAS 1993-0001-0428; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0429   CAS 1993-0001-0429; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Iwashimizu Hachiman Gu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Artist’s signature in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0430   CAS 1993-0001-0430; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Toji (Temple of Kobodaishi, a monk)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.4, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0431   CAS 1993-0001-0431; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Toji (Temple of Kobodaishi, a monk)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0432   CAS 1993-0001-0432; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Toji (Kabo Daishi)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0433   CAS 1993-0001-0433; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Toji (Temple of Kobodaishi, a monk)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0434   CAS 1993-0001-0434; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Toji (Temple of Kobodaishi, a monk)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0435   CAS 1993-0001-0435; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Yamashina; Temple: Kazan Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0436   CAS 1993-0001-0436; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Yamashina; Temple: Kazan Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0437   CAS 1993-0001-0437; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Yamashina; Temple: Kazan Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0438   CAS 1993-0001-0438; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Yamashina; Temple: Kazan Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.1, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 7.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0439   CAS 1993-0001-0439; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Jinja
Maker's Name Toko Riki
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Business prosperity; Based on Fushimi dolls; Toku Riki = artist; [This is] print.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.7, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0440   CAS 1993-0001-0440; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Jinja
Maker's Name Toko Riki
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Business prosperity; Based on Fushimi dolls; Toku Riki = artist; [This is] print.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.7, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0441   CAS 1993-0001-0441; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Jinja
Maker's Name Toko Riki
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Business prosperity; Based on Fushimi dolls; Toku Riki = artist; [This is] print.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.7, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0442   CAS 1993-0001-0442; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Jinja
Maker's Name Toko Riki
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Business prosperity; Based on Fushimi dolls; Toku Riki = artist; [This is] print.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.8, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0443   CAS 1993-0001-0443; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Jinja
Maker's Name Toko Riki
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Business prosperity; Based on Fushimi dolls; Toku Riki = artist; [This is] print.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0444   CAS 1993-0001-0444; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto Shinkyogogu; Temple: Nishiki Teumangu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0445   CAS 1993-0001-0445; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto Shinkyogogu; Temple: Nishiki Teumangu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0446   CAS 1993-0001-0446; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Gokogu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.3, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 12.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0447   CAS 1993-0001-0447; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0448   CAS 1993-0001-0448; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Gokogu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.4, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 10.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0449   CAS 1993-0001-0449; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Gokogu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0450   CAS 1993-0001-0450; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Gokogu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.1, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 11.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0451   CAS 1993-0001-0451; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fushimi Inari
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0452   CAS 1993-0001-0452; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0453   CAS 1993-0001-0453; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Sekizan Zenji (Tendaishu)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.6, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 8.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0454   CAS 1993-0001-0454; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fujinomori Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0455   CAS 1993-0001-0455; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fujinomori Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0456   CAS 1993-0001-0456; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Metal; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 9.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0457   CAS 1993-0001-0457; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Mie Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Ise; Temple: Ise Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0458   CAS 1993-0001-0458; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Matsuotaisha / Matsuo Jinjya
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1970
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted tiger (yellow with orange and black accents) on front; Red silk cord threaded through hole at top; Left edge inscriptions show year (1986, 61st Year of Show Era, Year of Tiger) in black and shrine's name in red; Right edge inscriptions invoke good luck (in red) and proclaim "Heian-rokusaikyo" (in black); Artist's name inscribed (black) and stamped (red) in lower right corner with s. 61.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.8, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0459   CAS 1993-0001-0459; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Yamashi; Temple: Fushimi Yamashina Inari / Origami Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Inari (fox) shrine for business prosperity.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.9, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0460A,B   CAS 1993-0001-0460A,B; Votive plaques (2)
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaques (2)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Hoboku Jinjya / cf Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.6, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 19.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0461   CAS 1993-0001-0461; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Uji; Temple: Agata Jinjya
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.5, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 8.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0462   CAS 1993-0001-0462; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Uji; Temple: Agata Jinjya
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.2, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 8.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0463   CAS 1993-0001-0463; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fuku Katsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.3, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 15.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0464   CAS 1993-0001-0464; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Fuku Katsu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.0, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 15.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0465   CAS 1993-0001-0465; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0466   CAS 1993-0001-0466; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0467   CAS 1993-0001-0467; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0468   CAS 1993-0001-0468; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.9, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0469   CAS 1993-0001-0469; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0470   CAS 1993-0001-0470; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0471   CAS 1993-0001-0471; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.1, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0472   CAS 1993-0001-0472; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0473   CAS 1993-0001-0473; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.4, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0474   CAS 1993-0001-0474; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0475   CAS 1993-0001-0475; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0476   CAS 1993-0001-0476; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Fushimi; Temple: Chokenji / Kenchogi
Maker's Name Yamaguchi Kitcho
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Benzaiten with twelve animals (sic); Yamaguchi Kitcho (artist); Coll’d 1st Hachimangu Ema - Fushimi Caler; Benzaiten series thru friend of his, who worked thru.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 9.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0477   CAS 1993-0001-0477; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ktano Tenmangu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.4, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0478   CAS 1993-0001-0478; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Kashihara
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0479   CAS 1993-0001-0479; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Ebisu Jinja
Maker's Name Toko Riki
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Business prosperity; Based on Fushimi dolls; Toku Riki = artist; [This is] print.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.7, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0480   CAS 1993-0001-0480; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Iwashimizu Hachiman
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1970
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of sheep (white with blue horns) on front; Yellow silk cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Stamped inscription in upper left corner identifies the shrine; Note with object: “Older; ct [?] 417.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.2, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 8.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0481   CAS 1993-0001-0481; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Kumano Wakaoji
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Temple name: Kumano Wakaoji / originate - pass to Nachi - #483 (sic); Three legged crow as messenger from a god.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.9

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0482   CAS 1993-0001-0482; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Ohara Sakyo-Ku; Temple: Kita Dera
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.0, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 8.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0483   CAS 1993-0001-0483; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Wakayama Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Nachi; Shrine: Nachi-Sha
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1970
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a 3-legged crow on front; Purple silk cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Stamped inscriptions along right side invoke good luck and identify the shrine; Stamped inscription in lower left corner relates additional information about shrine; Note with object: “Kumano pilgrimage; God’s retainer - 3 footed crow - Chinese myth.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.6, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0484   CAS 1993-0001-0484; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Yoshida
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “Silk screen.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0485   CAS 1993-0001-0485; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Rakubaku; Temple: Miyake Hachimangu
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “For children’s health.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 6.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0486   CAS 1993-0001-0486; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Yamagata Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Zao (Mt. Peak)
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 10.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 6.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0487   CAS 1993-0001-0487; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto / Yamashiro Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Kanimanji
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Bamboo; Wood
Description Note with object: “Terijiu [?] Sama”.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.3, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 8.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0488   CAS 1993-0001-0488; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Nara Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Nara; Temple: Shigi-Sam
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0489   CAS 1993-0001-0489; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Yasaka Jinjya
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0490   CAS 1993-0001-0490; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Munakata Jujya, inside Kyoto Palace
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.5, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 8.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0491   CAS 1993-0001-0491; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Temple: Kamigamo Sha
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0492   CAS 1993-0001-0492; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Ukyo-Ku; Temple: Umemiya Shrine
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Note with object: “God for brewing, god for easy delivery.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0493   CAS 1993-0001-0493; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Shrine: Jishu-Jinja
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1975
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a coiled dragon (gray with gold head) on front; Red silk cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Inscription on right invokes good luck and happiness; Inscriptions on left identify the temple and the god of good marriages; Temple seal is stamped on reverse in red.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0001-0494   CAS 1993-0001-0494; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Hokoku Jinja
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1980
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a reclining black bull; Temple seal is stamped in red in lower right corner; Red silk cord is threaded through drilled hole at top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0005-0001A-CCC   CAS 1993-0005-0001A-CCC; Playing cards
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Playing cards
Culture Polynesian: Hawaiian
Global Region Oceania
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Hawaii
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Oahu; City: Honolulu
Maker's Name The U.S. Playing Card Co.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1910-1915
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially made deck of 52 playing cards and one joker card in original green cardboard box and dust cover lid; Playing cards are imprinted with photos of Hawaii royalty, buildings, and general scenes; Dust cover lid imprinted in gold lettering, "Hawaiian Souvenir Playing Cards - Published by Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd. Honolulu, H.I. - Copyrighted the U.S. Playing Card Co. Cincinnati, USA."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.4, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 9.4

Catalog Number CAS 1993-0010-0009   CAS 1993-0010-0009; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Rokkakudo; School: Ikenobo
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Paper
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of two men arranging flowers with a temple in background; Plant fiber cord is threaded through hole at top; Inscriptions on reverse read (left to right): "Ikebana [flower arrangement]"; "Place of origin"; And "Ikenobo [famous flower arrangement school]." Stamped seal on reverse identifies place as "Rokkakudo, 18th spiritual place in western Japan."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.8, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 8.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0010   CAS 1993-0010-0010; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data District: Fushimi; Shrine: Fushimi-Gokogu
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a dancing monkey, held by Leah by kneeling man; Purple silk cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Seal of shrine is stamped in red in lower left corner; Red inscriptions along right edge read, "Good Luck." Artist's signature (illegible) is inscribed in black in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.7, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0011   CAS 1993-0010-0011; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; Shrine: Kwasan Jinja
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1993
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of chicken (white with green and black tail and wings) and 3 yellow chicks, all beneath a pine bough on the front; Orange silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Inscriptions along left edge identify shrine; inscriptions along right edge invoke good luck and happiness.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0012   CAS 1993-0010-0012; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Kamigamo Jinja
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted scene of black bull being led out from temple by two young women, accompanied by group of men in white and purple robes; Red silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Inscription in upper right reads, "Aoi Matsuri [Aoi festival, a spring time festival]." Name of shrine is inscribed in black along left edge; Shrine's seal is stamped in red in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.3, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0013   CAS 1993-0010-0013; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kamo-Cho; Shrine: Jyoururi Tera
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1985
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of Kissho Tennyo (wearing green kimono with red, yellow, and white floral motifs and similarly colored head wreath) on front; Purple silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Stamped inscription along right edge is illegible; Black inscriptions along left edge identify temple and invoke good luck; Artist's name (illegible) is stamped in red in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.6, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 8.5

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0014   CAS 1993-0010-0014; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Nara Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Temple: Kasuga-Taisha
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1991
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque painted with scene of two men (each dressed in blue) leading an elaborately decorated white horse; Red silk cord is threaded through drilled hole at top; Temple seal is stamped in red in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.8, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number CAS 1993-0010-0015   CAS 1993-0010-0015; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data District: Fushimil; Temple: Chokenji
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1984
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of the seven lucky gods, with the goddess, Benzaiten in the center; Purple silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Inscription on back invokes good luck from the goddess, Benzaiten, at Chokenji (shrine) on Tokozan (mountain).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.0, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0016   CAS 1993-0010-0016; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Kadode-Hachiman-Gu
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1985
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Plant fiber
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of white pigeon beneath plum blossoms on front; Plant fiber cord is threaded through hole at top; Black inscription along left edge identifies the shrine; Gold inscription along right edge invokes good luck.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.9, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 10.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0017   CAS 1993-0010-0017; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Yamaguchi Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Shrine: Akama
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1985
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted battle scene at sea on front, showing portions of 7 boats manned by warriors; Inscription on reverse identifies scene as battle scene from Dannoura, an historic battle between two feudal clans that was fought in the straits between Honshu and Kyushu; Signed "Artist in Ise."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.0, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 13.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0018   CAS 1993-0010-0018; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1985
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Plant fiber
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of young woman under red umbrella on platform holding fishing rod; Front of platform is decorated with panel showing line of seated people; Plant fiber cord is threaded through hole at top; Left inscription identifies woman as empress Jinmu; Right inscription identifies place as "Urade-yama (mountain)." Information is repeated on reverse in red stamp.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.5, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0019   CAS 1993-0010-0019; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; District: Fushimi; Temple: Fushimi Inaritaisha
Maker's Name Shinso
Date of Manufacture 1992
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of galloping horse (black, white, and blue) on front; Purple silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Temple seal is stamped in red in upper right corner; Inscription in upper left "Kissho-hatsu-uma" refers to annual celebration on February 1; Artist's signature (black) and seal (red) appear in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 15.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0020   CAS 1993-0010-0020; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; District: Fushimi; Temple: Fushimi Inaritaisha
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1993
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a rooster and chicken (both white with black tails) and 2 white chicks; Purple silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Temple seal is stamped in red in lower right corner; Red inscription in upper left corner invokes good luck; Artist's signature (?) appears in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.6

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0021   CAS 1993-0010-0021; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; District: Fushimi; Temple: Fushimi-Gokogu
Maker's Name Takahide Miwa
Date of Manufacture 1993
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a chicken (black and yellow) and two yellow chicks; Purple silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Temple seal is stamped in red in lower left corner; Inscription in upper right corner invokes good luck.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.2, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 11.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1993-0010-0022   CAS 1993-0010-0022; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto; District: Fushimi; Temple: Fushimi Inaritaisha
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1993
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint; Silk cord
Description Flat, 5-sided plaque with painted image of a rooster (white with black tail, blue, yellow, brown and black wings) and a chicken (white); Purple silk cord is threaded through hole at top; Temple seal is stamped in red in lower right corner; Inscription in upper left corner invokes good luck; Artist's name is written in abbreviated form near lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1994-0007-0001   CAS 1994-0007-0001; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Kyoto area
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1993-1994
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Flat, 5-sided wooden votive board showing a seated black and white dog with yellow, purple and rose colored collar; Japanese script in upper left corner and temple stamp in lower right corner; Purple cord is threaded through drilled hole at top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.5, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 11.4

Catalog Number

CAS 1994-0007-0002   CAS 1994-0007-0002; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Kyoto area
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1993-1994
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Flat, 5-sided wooden votive board showing a black and white dog standing in profile and wearing elaborate orange, green, blue and yellow collar; Japanese script in upper right corner and temple stamp in lower left corner; Purple cord is threaded through drilled hole at top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.2, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 11.7

Catalog Number

CAS 1994-0007-0003   CAS 1994-0007-0003; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Kyoto area
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1993-1994
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Flat, 5-sided wooden votive board showing a standing black and white cat wearing red and blue blanket and covered by woven basket; Japanese script along left and right sides on front and on reverse center; Temple stamp in front lower left corner; Red cord is threaded through drilled hole at top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.8, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 9.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1994-0007-0004   CAS 1994-0007-0004; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Osaka Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Osaka; Temple: Tsuuno Tenjin
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1993
Collection Name Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys)
Materials Wood
Description Flat wooden votive board in shape of a temple gate showing Japanese couple in front of temple; Japanese script along right edge and at top of gate; Temple stamp in lower left corner; Red cord is threaded through drilled hole at top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 10.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1994-0013-0001   CAS 1994-0013-0001; Etching on baleen
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching on baleen
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island; Village: Gambell
Maker's Name Roger Silook
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1980s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Baleen: bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)
Description Baleen plate with incised drawings on one face along its entire length; Depicted left to right are the following images: Harpoon spear and attached float, 1 ribbon seal, 1 white seal (?), a bowhead whale, 2 walrus, and 3 polar bears; Entire drawing is signed at far left "Roger Silook, Gambell, Alaska."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.5, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 300.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1995-0009-0001   CAS 1995-0009-0001; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on reindeer skin depicting man in kayak hauling seal alongside; Ice flows shown in foreground and background; Signed George Ahgupuk in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.3, Length = 20.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1995-0009-0002   CAS 1995-0009-0002; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawings on reindeer skin folded to form a wrap-around book cover; Strips of dyed (red) deerskin applied in ribbon beading technique frame central area and 4 smaller triangular areas in corners of both front and reverse panels; Main scene on front panel shows man riding on sled pulled by single reindeer; Main scene on reverse panel shows man pulling 2 seals by drag line across an ice flow; Signed George Ahgupuk in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.2, Length = 23.0

Catalog Number

CAS 1997-0003-0001   CAS 1997-0003-0001; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Caribou hide; Ink
Description Untitled ink and ink wash on tanned and bleached caribou skin, showing a blanket toss game, with 9 men in circle and holding stretched hide and tossing tenth person into the air; Umiak and stack of fire wood is to left of scene, platform cache of food or skins and stretched hide on rack are to right; Signed "Ahgupuk" in lower right corner and labeled "Caribou skin" in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.4, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1997-0003-0002   CAS 1997-0003-0002; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Moose skin; Ink
Description Untitled ink and ink wash on tanned and bleached moose skin, depicting a Eskimo hunter seated on ice floe alongside a kayak and a killed seal, aiming his rifle at another seal in the water; Ice floes are shown in background and to right of scene; Signed "Ahgupuk" in lower right corner and labeled "Moose skin" in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 1998-0007-0001   CAS 1998-0007-0001; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land; Yirrkala
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 39.8

Catalog Number

CAS 1999-0014-0001   CAS 1999-0014-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tanned reindeer skin; Pencil and colored pencil
Description Untitled pencil and colored pencil drawing on reindeer skin depicting an Eskimo woman dressed in parka and mukluks and carrying small child on her back; Woman is standing alongside a fishing hole cut in the ice and pulling out a small fish and adding it to a small pile of others; Next to her is a harpoon and an ice scoop on her left and a small pouch to her right; A range of low snow-covered mountains is in the background, against a pale blue sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 1999-0014-0002   CAS 1999-0014-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tanned reindeer skin; Pencil and colored pencil
Description Untitled pencil and colored pencil drawing on reindeer skin depicting winter camp scene, including log hut on raised platform, several skins draped across crossbeam, stacked pile of logs, dog sled, and overturned umiak; 5 stakes for tying sled dogs are shown in foreground, partially covered under snow; Several snow-covered hills are shown in background, all against pale blue sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1999-0014-0003   CAS 1999-0014-0003; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tanned reindeer skin; Pencil and colored pencil
Description Untitled pencil and colored pencil drawing on reindeer skin depicting polar bear standing atop large ice block eating its prey of a seal, while pair of sea birds fly overhead; Bear is looking to the right out over open water; Large ice blocks are shown in the background and to the left, against a pale blue, cloud-filled sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.2, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

CAS 1999-0014-0004   CAS 1999-0014-0004; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Tanned reindeer skin; Pencil and colored pencil
Description Untitled pencil and colored pencil drawing on reindeer skin depicting 3 reindeer on snow-covered plain; Two of the deer are grazing on exposed bushes while third one is running in background; Snow-covered hills are shown in the more distant background against a pale blue sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in black pencil in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0001   CAS 2000-0006-0001; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing winter scene of 3 traditional Yup'ik Eskimo log houses with skin roofs, 2 sleds hitched to dog teams, and several adults and children; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0002   CAS 2000-0006-0002; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing 4 adult and 2 juvenile walruses on an ice floe; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0003   CAS 2000-0006-0003; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing group of Native Alaskan children riding sleds down a snowy hill; Two traditional log houses with skin roofs are in the background and an overturned skin boat on a wooden rack is in the right foreground; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0004   CAS 2000-0006-0004; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Rectangular black vinyl place mat with reproduced pen and ink drawing showing 5 Native Alaskan hunters in a skin boat approaching a group of 4 walruses, two of which are on an ice floe and two alongside in the water; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl sheet or directly on white vinyl; Artist's reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0005B   CAS 2000-0006-0005B; Coaster
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Coaster
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Square black vinyl coaster with reproduced pen and ink drawing of a polar bear, shown in full stride in 3/4 right profile; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl or directly on white vinyl that is bonded to black vinyl; Reproduced artist's signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0005C   CAS 2000-0006-0005C; Coaster
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Coaster
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Square black vinyl coaster with reproduced pen and ink drawing of the head of a Siberian husky sled dog, shown in full frontal view; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl or directly on white vinyl that is bonded to black vinyl; Reproduced artist's signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0005D   CAS 2000-0006-0005D; Coaster
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Coaster
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Square black vinyl coaster with reproduced pen and ink drawing of the head of an adult walrus, shown in 3/4 right profile; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl or directly on white vinyl that is bonded to black vinyl; Reproduced artist's signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0005E   CAS 2000-0006-0005E; Coaster
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Coaster
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Square black vinyl coaster with reproduced pen and ink drawing of a traditional Native Alaskan round log house with the roof made of stretched skins; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl or directly on white vinyl that is bonded to black vinyl; Reproduced artist's signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0005F   CAS 2000-0006-0005F; Coaster
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Coaster
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Square black vinyl coaster with reproduced pen and ink drawing of the head of a Siberian husky sled dog, shown in 3/4 left profile; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl or directly on white vinyl that is bonded to black vinyl; Reproduced artist's signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0006-0005G   CAS 2000-0006-0005G; Coaster
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Coaster
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Plastic vinyl
Description Square black vinyl coaster with reproduced pen and ink drawing of 4 adult Native Alaskan men dressed in parkas and shown pushing a skin boat into icy waters; Scene is printed either on white paper that is laminated to black vinyl or directly on white vinyl that is bonded to black vinyl; Reproduced artist's signature "Florence Malewotkuk" along with trade name "Bering Sea Originals" and initials "KR" (Kay Roberts) are imprinted along lower edge of drawing.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 7.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0010-0001   CAS 2000-0010-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data City: Nome
Maker's Name James Kivetoruk Moses (1903-1982)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Poster board; Ink; Colored pencil
Description Untitled pen and ink, colored pencil, and photographic pen drawing on white poster board, depicting Eskimo hunter aiming his bow and arrow at a polar bear that is standing on an ice floe; The hunter's husky is by his side, barking at the bear, while a second dog is in the background; A long hunting spear lies at the hunter's feet; A high rocky cliff covered by a glacier is in the background to the left; Signature "Kivetoruk Moses, Nome Alaska" is written in ink in the lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 39.1, Length = 26.6

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0001-0001   CAS 2001-0001-0001; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Northwest Arctic
Other Geographic Data Village: Kivalina
Maker's Name Jerry Norton (b. 1942)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Watercolor paints
Description Watercolor painting on white paper, entitled "Coming Home," depicting group of 5 Inuit men sealing in Oomiak with two seals visible in the boat; 6th man in a kayak is also alongside and an iceberg is in the background; Signature "Jerry Norton 62" is printed in lower right corner; Written on reverse is following information, "Returning Home, Jerry Norton, [age] 19, Eskimo, Kivalina, Casein, Feb. 2, 1962."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.8, Length = 20.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0001-0002   CAS 2001-0001-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1980
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on tanned reindeer skin, depicting Inuit man and woman ice fishing; Man at left is holding spear with an ice scoop to his right; Woman is kneeling at right behind an ice block windbreak and is pulling tomcod from a fishing hole in the ice; Small village and snow-covered peaks are shown in background; "Reindeer Skin" is printed in lower left corner; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.9, Length = 19.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0001-0003   CAS 2001-0001-0003; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name N/A
Materials Caribou hide; Watercolor paint
Description Untitled watercolor (?) painting on tanned caribou skin depicting Native Alaskan winter housing scene, including rectangular log cabin, elevated log structure for food storage, and team of sled dogs, each one tied to a stake in the foreground; Sparse pine trees and snow-covered hills in background complete the scene, which is painted entirely in shades of blue; Very faint impression of the words "Caribou Skin" are located in lower left corner; Impression of signature "Ahgupuk" is in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.1, Length = 10.4

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0001-0004   CAS 2001-0001-0004; Plate
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Plate
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); Viletta's Arts
Date of Manufacture 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Clay; Glaze; Pigment
Description Shallow round plate of commercial manufacture; Overall color is white with gold band around rim; Underside of plate has very low footed base; Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Inupiat man or woman riding in sled pulled by single reindeer is reproduced on interior of plate, along with artist's signature, "Ahgupuk"; "Alaska" is printed in large letters at top of plate and "1970" is printed along bottom; Underside of plate is imprinted "Viletta's Arts" with image of artist's palette and the numbers "14 26."
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.2, Max Diam = 21.8

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0003-0001   CAS 2001-0003-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1955
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white tanned reindeer skin depicting winter scene showing an elevated log hut with a overturned skin boat and a sled atop a woodpile; Several wooden stakes for tying the sled dogs protrude from the snow in the foreground; Snow covered hills are shown in background, against a cloud-filled sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.7, Length = 27.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0003-0002   CAS 2001-0003-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1955
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white tanned reindeer skin depicting a reindeer roundup; 11 men dressed in long parks and aligned in a semicircle are driving a reindeer heard between two fences which converge and open into a circular corral; In foreground is a small dog chasing a long stag and another man is on the ground wrestling a stag; Snow covered scene includes snowy hill in background against a cloud-filled sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 35.0, Length = 27.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0003-0003   CAS 2001-0003-0003; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1955
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on white tanned reindeer skin depicting man dressed in parka standing behind a fully loaded sled pulled by team of 9 dogs; Man is waving to small plane flying overhead, with the name "Wien" (private Alaskan airline company) marked on its wing; Snow covered hills are in the background, against a cloud-filled sky; Signature "George Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.9, Length = 27.4

Catalog Number CAS 2001-0004-0015   CAS 2001-0004-0015; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land; Liverpool River Escarpment
Maker's Name Nguleingulei
Date of Manufacture ca. 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description Painting on rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting pair of magpie geese standing next to each other; Geese are painted in colors of black with red, yellow, and white cross-hatching on their wings and heads; Their color patterns are slightly different, suggesting they may represent a male and a female; Top and bottom edges of paintings are reinforced against warping by peeled wooden rods that are lashed to the actual painting with plied native cordage or string.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.1, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 58.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2001-0004-0016   CAS 2001-0004-0016; bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Reserve: Arnhem Land; Liverpool River Escarpment
Maker's Name Balirbalir
Date of Manufacture ca. 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Cordage
Description Painting on rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting single coiled snake whose body segments are painted with all over cross-hatched pattern in brown, white, and yellow; top and bottom edges of painting are reinforced against warping with peeled wooden rods that are lashed to the actual painting with plied native cordage or twine.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.4, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 49.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0001   CAS 2002-0005-0001; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Matboard; Watercolor paints
Description Untitled self-portrait watercolor painting on white mat board, depicting the artist dressed in a brown parka with fur-lined hood and seated with his hands resting on a tabletop; A microphone with the radio station call letters "KFAR" (Fairbanks, Alaska) is in front of him; Background is lightly shaded gray; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is painted in gray script in lower right corner; During the 1950s, Mayokok took a series of odd jobs, including translating news and other stories for radio broadcasts in Fairbanks; This painting is based on a publicity photo of Robert Mayokok in the Robert O.C. Steiner Collection at the Alaska and Polar Regions Archives of the Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks (#91-164-123) (copy in CAS accession file).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.8, Length = 38.4

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0002   CAS 2002-0005-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Watercolor paint; Ink
Description Watercolor and ink drawing on white watercolor paper, entitled "Welcome Home", depicting Native Alaskan couple embracing, with child playing with bolas in left background and another child playing with a ball at the right; Three birds are shown flying overhead; Title is printed in black ink in lower left corner and signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in script in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.7, Length = 40.6

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0003   CAS 2002-0005-0003; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rabbit skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink and ink wash drawing on irregularly shaped tanned rabbit skin, depicting a blanket toss scene; Five men or women are shown in foreground, each grasping edges of a round skin or blanket while a 6th individual is being tossed into the air; Low, snow-covered mountains are shown in the background and three small birds are shown in flight in the sky; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in script in lower right corner; Reverse side of skin still has its brown colored fur intact.
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 25.0, Length = ca. 38.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0004   CAS 2002-0005-0004; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rabbit skin; Ink
Description Pen and ink and ink wash drawing entitled "Welcome Home" on irregularly shaped tanned rabbit skin, depicting an Inupiat couple embracing while a child plays with bolas in the left background and another child plays with a ball at the right; Three small birds are shown in flight in the sky; Title is written in script in lower left and signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in script at lower center; Reverse side of skin still has its mottled brown and gray colored fur intact.
Dimensions (cm) Width = ca. 36.5, Length = ca. 28.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0005   CAS 2002-0005-0005; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink and ink wash drawing on white paper depicting man in kayak approaching polar bear standing on ice floe; Man is poised with spear and two seals or walruses are swimming in the water; Numerous birds are in flight in the background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in script in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.3, Length = 12.6

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0006   CAS 2002-0005-0006; Napkin or letter holder
Category Culinary Items; Visual Arts
Object Name Napkin or letter holder
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and Eagle River, 14 miles north of Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983) and Alaska Woodcraft
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Metal screws; Ink
Description Napkin or letter holder made from two cross-section pieces of pine or birch that have been trimmed along one edge, sanded smooth on all surfaces and edges, and then mounted side by side with wood screws to rectangular wooden base; Front of first cross-section wood piece is painted (or possibly mechanically imprinted) with scene of man in kayak approaching a sea mammal in the water; Man has his spear poised; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written (or imprinted) in script along bottom edge; Outside face of second cross-section wood piece is stamped or incised with word, "ALASKA"; Underside of base is stamped "ALCRAFT ALASKA"; All wooden surfaces are varnished.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.8, Width = 10.7, Depth = 6.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0007A   CAS 2002-0005-0007A; Mat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Mat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Vinyl
Description One of set of four commercially manufactured mini vinyl mats made of black plastic with white rectangular area on front to resemble a piece of paper, on which is mechanically reproduced a pen and ink drawing of three sled dogs tied to stakes with meat drying rack in background; Reproduced signature of Florence Malewotkuk and the words, "Bering Sea Originals" with the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0007B   CAS 2002-0005-0007B; Mat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Mat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Vinyl
Description One of set of four commercially manufactured mini vinyl mats made of black plastic with white rectangular area on front to resemble a piece of paper, on which is mechanically reproduced a pen and ink drawing of four adult and two juvenile walruses on an iceberg or an ice floe; Reproduced signature of Florence Malewotkuk and the words, "Bering Sea Originals" with the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0007C   CAS 2002-0005-0007C; Mat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Mat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Vinyl
Description One of set of four commercially manufactured mini vinyl mats made of black plastic with white rectangular area on front to resemble a piece of paper, on which is mechanically reproduced a pen and ink drawing of children sledding down a hill in front of two winter log houses with domed roofs and upturned oomiak in foreground; Reproduced signature of Florence Malewotkuk and the words, "Bering Sea Originals" with the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0007D   CAS 2002-0005-0007D; Mat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Mat
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Vinyl
Description One of set of four commercially manufactured mini vinyl mats made of black plastic with white rectangular area on front to resemble a piece of paper, on which is mechanically reproduced a pen and ink drawing of a polar bear atop an ice floe, looking down and growling at a second bear off to the left and in the background; Reproduced signature of Florence Malewotkuk and the words, "Bering Sea Originals" with the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower center.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0007E   CAS 2002-0005-0007E; Advertising item
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Advertising item
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Paper insert accompanying CAS 2002-0005-0007A-D (vinyl mini mats), consisting of a white paper imprinted with black and white images of the four mats and providing brief biographical information about Bering Sea Eskimo artist, Florence Malewotkuk, and information about the set of vinyl mats and other products that feature Malewotkuk's work; Insert identifies the Mini Mat series as "Style 3010."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0008A-FF   CAS 2002-0005-0008A-FF; Playing cards
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Playing cards
Culture Anglo-American and Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially manufactured deck of 32 playing cards (4 each of 7s through aces in standard suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades); Each card bears reproduced image of pen and ink drawing of Siberian Husky dog by Bering Sea Eskimo artist, Florence Malewotkuk; Image is detail from a larger image that was also reproduced on place mats and coasters by the same company; Reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk", the words "Bering Sea Originals", the initials "KR" (Kay Roberts), and the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower left corner of each card.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.2, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0009A-FF   CAS 2002-0005-0009A-FF; Playing cards
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Playing cards
Culture Anglo-American and Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Bering Sea Originals, Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially manufactured deck of 32 playing cards (4 each of 7s through aces in standard suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades); Each card bears reproduced image of pen and ink drawing of two running polar bears by Bering Sea Eskimo artist, Florence Malewotkuk; Image is detail from a larger image that was also reproduced on place mats and coasters by the same company; Reproduced signature "Florence Malewotkuk", the words "Bering Sea Originals", the initials "KR" (Kay Roberts), and the copyright symbol are imprinted in lower left corner of each card.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.2, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 8.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0010   CAS 2002-0005-0010; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Christmas greeting card produced and marketed by American Artists Group in New York, imprinted on front with reproduction of pen and ink drawing of a group of parka-clad men driving a reindeer herd into a corral; Borderless image is printed in black and white with red and yellow accents on herders' gloves and parkas, turquoise colored sky, and blue foreground; Reproduced signature "George Ahgupuk, Shishmaref, Alaska" is imprinted in lower right corner; Message inside reads, "Greetings"; Reverse of card is imprinted "from the Watercolor by GEORGE A. AHGUPUK, AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y., No. 15 E 3, PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Length = 12.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0011   CAS 2002-0005-0011; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper
Description Christmas greeting card produced and marketed by American Artists Group in New York, imprinted on front with reproduction of pen and ink drawing of a polar bear on an iceberg looking out over smaller ice floes and areas of open water; Image is printed in black and white with a turquoise-colored border; Message inside reads "Merry Christmas AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR"; Reverse of card is imprinted "from the Drawing by GEORGE AHGUPUK, AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y., No. 10143, PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.1, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0005-0012   CAS 2002-0005-0012; Picture frame
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Picture frame
Culture Anglo-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New York
County New York
Other Geographic Data City: New York (Manhattan)
Maker's Name American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Oak wood; Glass; Nails; Metal fasteners; Cardboard; Paper
Description Rectangular picture frame made from four strips of wood that are nailed together at each corner; Open front is fitted with piece of clear glass; Open reverse is fitted with piece of corrugated cardboard held in place by 6 silver metal hinges that can be swung to the side to remove cardboard and change piece of framed artwork; Edges of wooden frame are also fitted with two notched metal bars for hanging frame on wall in either horizontal or vertical position; Paper imprinted with instructions for using frame and information about American Artists Group is glued to back of cardboard insert; This frame was sold by the American Artists’ Group with or without framed prints or cards by member artists, including Native Alaskan artist, George Ahgupuk; The frames were designed to allow for easily changing the artwork that was being displayed.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.4, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 21.8

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0001-0001   CAS 2003-0001-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Pastel chalk; Ink
Description Untitled chalk and ink drawing on medium-weight blue-green paper, depicting an Inupiat man wearing a gut skin parka and seated in a one-man sealskin kayak, poised to throw his spear at a walrus or seal whose head is above the water in front of the kayak; A wooden paddle and a gut skin float are shown lashed to the sides of the kayak; 3 ice floes are in the background and 3 birds are flying in the distance; The kayak and the sea mammal are colored brown, the hunter's parka and his shadow are green, the foreground water and uppermost sky are blue, and the background water and lower sky are tan with reddish orange shading; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is written in black ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.0, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0001-0002   CAS 2003-0001-0002; Picture frame
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Picture frame
Culture Anglo-American
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data Town: Eagle River, 14 miles north of Anchorage
Maker's Name Alaska Woodcraft
Date of Manufacture ca. 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood (white birch?); Metal; Glue; Varnish
Description Rectangular picture frame with beveled edges and slightly rounded corners, probably made of white birch and nailed and glued at the corners and lightly varnished; Frame was on drawing CAS 2003-0001-0001 when the drawing was accessioned by CAS; Frame probably manufactured by Alaskan company, Alcraft, which produced a variety of items for the commercial market, often including artwork by Native Alaskan artists as part of the object.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.0, Thickness = 3.2, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0005-0001   CAS 2003-0005-0001; Print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Print
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Pima
Other Geographic Data City: Tucson
Maker's Name Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma) (1900-1986); Tucson Festival Society
Date of Manufacture 1976
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Limited edition print entitled "The Delight Makers" showing 4 Koyala clowns performing antics on rooftop and on ladder to the amusement of Hopi village residents watching from adjacent rooftops; Seated below the ladder are several Hopi women and Kachin' manas, and to the left of the scene is a line of Katoch Angak'china (Barefoot Long-haired katsina) dancers, who appear during summer to summon gentle rains; "A/P" [Artist's Proof] and "Fred Kabotie" are written in pencil in lower left and right of white margins, respectively; This print was issued in limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies by the Tucson Festival Society in 1976, when the Society selected Fred Kabotie as its Festival Artist of the Year; Original painting "The Delight Makers" was originally owned by Ruth and Charles Elkus, who subsequently donated it to the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (now the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 81.0, Length = 63.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0011-0006A,B   CAS 2003-0011-0006A,B; Cup and saucer
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Cup and saucer
Culture Inupiat and English
Global Region North America
Country USA and England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and England
County Anchorage and Staffordshire
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage (AK) and Hanley (England)
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); J. H. Weatherby & Sons, Ltd.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Porcelain clay
Description A: Commercially produced white porcelain mug with straight sides and single loop handle on side, imprinted on side with scene of Eskimo winter cache including a log hut built on stilts, two sled dogs staked to poles, and a skin boat turned over atop a wooden rack; Artist's signature "Ahgupuk" is imprinted in lower right corner of scene, and word "Alaska" is imprinted on opposite side of mug; Manufacturer's hallmark consisting of a British flag and the word "DURABILITY" across it, along with "WEATHERBY HANLEY ENGLAND ROYAL FALCONWARE" is imprinted in gold-colored ink on base; B: Companion white porcelain saucer imprinted with "Alaska" along its rim and with the same hallmark on the base imprinted in green ink, and with the additional notation, "1-70." [The firm of John Henry Weatherby & Sons was founded in 1891 in Tunstall and relocated the following year to Hanley in Staffordshire, England. The trademark name "Falconware" was adopted around 1925. The firm ceased operations in 2000.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.8, Width = 8.8, Max Diam = 6.7

Catalog Number

CAS 2003-0011-0007A,B   CAS 2003-0011-0007A,B; Cup and saucer
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Cup and saucer
Culture Inupiat and English
Global Region North America
Country USA and England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and England
County Anchorage and Staffordshire
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage (AK) and Hanley (England)
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); J. H. Weatherby & Sons, Ltd.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Porcelain clay
Description A: Commercially produced white porcelain mug with straight sides and single loop handle on side, imprinted on side with scene of Eskimo dog sledder and his dog team approaching their village in the background; Artist's signature "Ahgupuk" is imprinted in lower right corner of scene, and word "Alaska" is imprinted on opposite side of mug; Manufacturer's hallmark consisting of a British flag and the word "DURABILITY" across it, along with "WEATHERBY HANLEY ENGLAND ROYAL FALCONWARE" is imprinted in gold-colored ink on base; B: Companion white porcelain saucer imprinted with "Alaska" along its rim and with the same hallmark on the base imprinted in green ink, and with the additional notation, "1-70." [The firm of John Henry Weatherby & Sons was founded in 1891 in Tunstall and relocated the following year to Hanley in Staffordshire, England. The trademark name "Falconware" was adopted around 1925. The firm ceased operations in 2000.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = A=7.8, Max Diam = A=8.8; B=13.6

Catalog Number

CAS 2004-0005-0002   CAS 2004-0005-0002; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Tesuque Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data Tesuque Pueblo
Maker's Name Senefre Herrera (ca. late 1920s-?)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1938
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Tempera paint
Description Tempera painting on heavy ivory-colored paper, entitled "Antelope Dance", depicting two male dancers, each shown in full left profile, and each dressed identically with their faces painted black and wearing yellow shirt and yellow buckskin cape, white leggings, yellow moccasins, and white hood with pair of antelope horns and a feather headband; Each figure is leaning forward on a cane, and both are painted against an empty background; Possible signature "Senefre Herrera Tesuque Pueblo" is printed in pencil on reverse; Also written on reverse (but in a different hand) is "Santa Fe Indian School Indian Foundation 1938 Antelope Dance."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.8, Length = 16.4

Catalog Number CAS 2004-0005-0003   CAS 2004-0005-0003; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Tesuque Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data Tesuque Pueblo
Maker's Name Patrick Swazo Hinds (1929-1974)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1938
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Tempera paint
Description Tempera painting on heavy ivory-colored paper, entitled "Buffalo Dance", showing a single male dancer in left profile, wearing a black and white dance kilt, red sash belt, black and white moccasins, and a buffalo headdress with a fan of eagle feathers tied to its back; Dancer carries gourd rattle in his right hand and a painted deer antler in his left hand; Dancer moves along yellow, orange, and red base line but is otherwise depicted against an empty background; Signature "Pat Swazo" is printed in lower right corner; Written in pencil on reverse (in same hand as notations on CAS 2004-0005-0002) is the following, "Buffalo Dance Indian Foundation Tulsa 1938 from Santa Fe Indian School."
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.0, Length = 25.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0003-0001   CAS 2005-0003-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on heavy stock white paper, depicting an Eskimo hunter standing on an ice floe holding a spear in his upraised arms and about to spear a polar bear in the foreground, which is standing over a dead seal; Hunter is dressed in fur parka and pants; All figures are drawn in black ink, except for a spot of red ink to depict the hunter’s mouth; Signature “Robert Mayokok” is written in script in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.0, Length = 11.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0003-0002   CAS 2005-0003-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on heavy stock white paper, depicting an Eskimo man leading a single caribou on a rope; Row of small hills is in background; Scene is drawn in black ink except for small spots of red ink at the man’s and the caribou’s mouths; Signature “Robert Mayokok” is written in script in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 19.0, Length = 11.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0001   CAS 2005-0006-0001; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land; Village: Oenpelli Mission
Maker's Name Badjarai
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments; Native cordage
Description Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Two Mythical People", depicting the Dreamtime legend of a woman named Akurindipa and her husband, who lived in a place called Mangongon and who later transformed themselves into two large rocks; Scene is depicted with two stylized human figures standing with a tree between them; Images are done in white and mustard yellow pigments or watercolors against a plain rust brown background; Peeled sticks are lashed with native cordage to front of panel along both side edges to prevent warping.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 65.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 42.1

Catalog Number CAS 2005-0006-0002   CAS 2005-0006-0002; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land; Village: Oenpelli Aboriginal Mission
Maker's Name Mangudja
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments; Wood; Native cordage
Description Pigment painting on flattened strip of eucalyptus bark titled, "Mimi Women Dancing Yam Dance”, depicting two very tall and thin women dancing amid yam vines; All figures are first painted in white and then further embellished with brown and mustard brown pigments, all on a plain brown background; Stripped and peeled wooden rods are secured along both top and bottom edges of eucalyptus panel with four short pieces of native cordage to prevent warping.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 41.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0003   CAS 2005-0006-0003; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Groote Eylandt; Angurugu
Maker's Name Neikungapa
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments
Description Painting on flat sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Journey of the Mythical Sawfish", telling the story of a sawfish that dug the Angurugu River across Groote Eylandt; Painting is done in white, mustard yellow, and rust brown pigments on a black background and depicts two sawfish excavating a water channel.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 47.1, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 68.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0004   CAS 2005-0006-0004; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Groote Eylandt; Angurugu
Maker's Name Galiowa
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments
Description Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "Mosquito", depicting large stylized image of a single mosquito with its wings spread and shown with 5 legs; Image is done in rust brown, mustard yellow, and white pigments or watercolors against a plain black background; Short edges of bark panel are irregularly cut, including two short projecting tabs along one edge.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.6, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 32.7

Catalog Number CAS 2005-0006-0005   CAS 2005-0006-0005; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land; Village: Oenpelli Mission
Maker's Name Ngulei
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Watercolor paints or earth pigments; Native cordage
Description Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "The Legend of Tor Rock", depicting a legendary tale about a man named Wuragag, (who turned himself into a snake) and the creation of Nimbuwar Rock; Depicted is a snake, a mythological creature, and various geometric shapes (see brief account of legend in accession folder); Image is done in rust brown, mustard yellow, white, and black pigments or watercolors against a plain rust brown background; Peeled sticks are lashed with native cordage to front of panel along upper and lower edges to prevent warping.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 59.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0006   CAS 2005-0006-0006; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data Mornington Island
Maker's Name Goobalathaldin (Dick Roughsey)
Date of Manufacture 1966
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments; Peeled sticks; Native cordage
Description Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark, titled "The Coming of the Balamando", depicting the legend of the first people to settle on Mornington Island; Scene is depicted with three stylized human figures, representing Marnbill, the group's leader, his wife, Gin-Gin, and her uncle, Diwaliwal, who named places and edible foods all over the island; Pictured above them are various kinds of fish and below them are a raft and paddles; Scene is done in white, mustard yellow, black, gray, and rust brown pigments; Signature "Goobalathaldin" is written in black pigment along lower edge of painting and the year "66" is painted in lower left corner; Peeled sticks are positioned along upper and lower edges to front and back of panel and the two pieces of each pair lashed together at their ends with native cordage to prevent warping; Complete account of legend is handwritten by artist on piece of paper that is glued to reverse of painting; See CAS 2005-0006-0035 for western-style interpretation of this same legend by this same artist; NOTE: Bark paintings are not traditionally done on Mornington Island, but this artist taught himself from anthropology books and then asked his elders to tell him stories from that region.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.3, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 47.4

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0029   CAS 2005-0006-0029; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northwest Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Groote Eylandt: Umbakumba Aboriginal Mission
Maker's Name Terrunga
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Natural pigments
Description Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark titled "Crayfish", depicting pair of crayfish in colors of rust brown, white, yellow, and black, among several stylized aquatic plants, all against a plain black background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 27.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0030   CAS 2005-0006-0030; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northwest Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Groote Eylandt: Angurugu Aboriginal Mission
Maker's Name Larry
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Natural pigments
Description Painting on flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark titled "Sharks", depicting pair of sharks and two other fish, all colored mustard yellow with black and white band just behind their heads and at base of tail and fins, all on background of alternating black, white, mustard yellow, and rust brown diagonal stripes; Signature "Larry" is printed in white chalk on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 41.0, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 22.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2005-0006-0035   CAS 2005-0006-0035; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data Mornington Island
Maker's Name Goobalathaldin (aka Dick Roughsey)
Date of Manufacture 1966
Collection Name N/A
Materials Masonite; Commercial paint
Description Painting on masonite entitled "Mornington Island Legend", painted in a western style and depicting the aboriginal legend of Marnbill, his wife Ging-Gin, and her uncle, Diwaliwal, the first people to inhabit Mornington Island; After the three of them named various places on the island, as well as edible plants, Marnbill found his wife and her uncle in a sexual tryst and killed the uncle; Marnbill ascended into the sky, but as he left he cursed his wife and her uncle and any children their union might produce; Depicted in this painting are two scenes, the first showing the three arriving on the island and going about naming places and plants, and the second one showing Marnbill killing his wife's uncle; Painting is inscribed "To Paul from Goobalathaldin" in lower right corner; See CAS 2005-0006-0006 for a traditional bark painting of this same legend by the same artist.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 50.9, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 16.7

Catalog Number CAS 2005-0006-0039   CAS 2005-0006-0039; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Natural pigments
Description Painting on flattened eucalyptus bark panel depicting single image of stingray fish in colors of white, pink, mustard, yellow, and black, against black background; Fish is depicted swimming through water represented by alternating dashed lines in colors of rust brown and white against black background; Rectangular area in each corner of panel is painted with white dashes.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 27.1

Catalog Number CAS 2006-0003-0021   CAS 2006-0003-0021; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description Pigment painting on flattened strip of eucalyptus bark, depicting school of black fish of various sizes swimming from all directions toward a circular black area in center of painting; The fish are on a background of alternating white and rust brown swirls that probably represent water; Unpainted band along all four edges of bark strip frames the painting; Top and bottom of panel are sandwiched between two halves of peeled and split wooden rods whose ends are tied together with narrow strips of bark.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.8, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 64.4

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0015   CAS 2006-0009-0015; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered place mat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Eskimo and His Reindeer”; Central image is a single Native Alaskan man riding on a sled pulled by a single reindeer; Surrounding the central image are smaller vignettes depicting various seal and polar bear hunting scenes, native people dancing, and a man roping a reindeer before finally hitching it to a sled; Artist’s signature “Robert Mayokok” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “Copyright MCMLXXIV by Griffin’s, Alaska” and in lower right corner, “Alaska Scenic P.C. (sic) Box 1466, Anchorage, Alaska 99510”; Reverse side of place mat shows photo of Mayokok and brief biography of him, printed against a dark brown cross-hatched background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0016   CAS 2006-0009-0016; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered place mat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Welcome Home”; Central image is that of a Native Alaskan couple embracing while one child tosses a ball in the background and another plays with a bolo; Surrounding the central image are smaller vignettes depicting a hunter killing a polar bear and finally hanging its skin on a drying frame, another man roping a reindeer and finally hitching it to a sled, another man hunting a seal and dragging it home and butchering it, and a man driving a sled and dog team away from an igloo; Artist’s signature “Robert Mayokok” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “Copyright MCMLXXIV by Griffin’s, Alaska” and in lower right corner, “Robert Mayokok, Artist”; Reverse side of place mat shows photo of Mayokok and brief biography of him, printed against a dark brown cross-hatched background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 29.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0017A-D   CAS 2006-0009-0017A-D; Playing cards in box
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Playing cards in box
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink; Cellophane
Description Commercially made double set of playing cards with 54 cards in each set (Ace to King, plus 2 Jokers); One set of cards is imprinted with pen and ink drawing by Mayokok showing six men in a skin boat, with one about to spear a walrus on a ice floe while a second walrus is in the water; Scene is printed on pale pink background and bordered in red; Second set of cards is imprinted with pen and ink drawing by Mayokok showing group of nine men tossing tenth man on blanket, with scene printed on pale blue background and bordered in blue; Both unused sets of cards are wrapped in cellophane and stored in cardboard box with center divider; Exterior of box and of separate lid are wrapped in red paper; Name of manufacturer does not appear anywhere on the cards or the box.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.8, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 12.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0018   CAS 2006-0009-0018; Plate
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Plate
Culture Inupiat and English
Global Region North America
Country USA and England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and England
County Anchorage and Staffordshire
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage (AK) and Hanley (England)
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); J. H. Weatherby & Sons, Ltd.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1969
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercial clay
Description Commercially made glazed white ceramic round plate imprinted on front with drawing by George Ahgupuk depicting four men in skin boat with raised sail who have just speared a whale; Drawing is signed “Ahgupuk” in lower right; The word “Alaska” is imprinted just below the drawing; Reverse of plate is imprinted with the manufacturer’s logo which consists of a British flag and the word “DURABILITY” written across it, and the words “WEATHERBY HANLEY ENGLAND ROYAL FALCON WARE 4-69” below the flag, all imprinted in green. [The firm of John Henry Weatherby & Sons was founded in 1891 in Tunstall and relocated the following year to Hanley in Staffordshire, England. The trademark name "Falconware" was adopted around 1925. The firm ceased operations in 2000.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.5, Max Diam = 17.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0019   CAS 2006-0009-0019; Plate
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Plate
Culture Inupiat and English
Global Region North America
Country USA and England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and England
County Anchorage and Staffordshire
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage (AK) and Hanley (England)
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); J. H. Weatherby & Sons, Ltd.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1969
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercial clay
Description Commercially made glazed white ceramic round plate imprinted on front with drawing by George Ahgupuk depicting a lone polar bear standing atop an ice floe, possibly feeding on a seal carcass; Drawing is signed “Ahgupuk” in lower right; The word “Alaska” is imprinted just below the drawing; Reverse of plate is imprinted with the manufacturer’s logo which consists of a British flag and the word “DURABILITY” written across it, and the words “WEATHERBY HANLEY ENGLAND ROYAL FALCON WARE 4-69” below the flag, all imprinted in green. [The firm of John Henry Weatherby & Sons was founded in 1891 in Tunstall and relocated the following year to Hanley in Staffordshire, England. The trademark name "Falconware" was adopted around 1925. The firm ceased operations in 2000.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.5, Max Diam = 17.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0020   CAS 2006-0009-0020; Plate
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Plate
Culture Inupiat and English
Global Region North America
Country USA and England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and England
County Anchorage and Staffordshire
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage (AK) and Hanley (England)
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); J. H. Weatherby & Sons, Ltd.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1969
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercial clay
Description Commercially made glazed white ceramic round plate imprinted on front with drawing by George Ahgupuk depicting a man driving his dog team and sled across a snowy landscape toward a village in the distance; Drawing is signed “Ahgupuk” in lower right; The word “Alaska” is imprinted just below the drawing; Reverse of plate is imprinted with the manufacturer’s logo which consists of a British flag and the word “DURABILITY” written across it, and the words “WEATHERBY HANLEY ENGLAND ROYAL FALCON WARE 4-69” below the flag, all imprinted in green. [The firm of John Henry Weatherby & Sons was founded in 1891 in Tunstall and relocated the following year to Hanley in Staffordshire, England. The trademark name "Falconware" was adopted around 1925. The firm ceased operations in 2000.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.5, Max Diam = 17.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0021   CAS 2006-0009-0021; Plate
Category Culinary Items; Pottery; Visual Arts
Object Name Plate
Culture Inupiat and English
Global Region North America
Country USA and England / Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and England
County Anchorage and Staffordshire
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage (AK) and Hanley (England)
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); J. H. Weatherby & Sons, Ltd.
Date of Manufacture ca. 1969
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercial clay
Description Commercially made glazed white ceramic round plate imprinted on front with drawing by George Ahgupuk depicting a group of nine men holding a stretched skin with which they are tossing a tenth man into the air, with a sealskin being dried on a rack and an upturned skin boat in the background; Drawing is signed “Ahgupuk” in lower right; The word “Alaska” is imprinted just below the drawing; Reverse of plate is imprinted with the manufacturer’s logo which consists of a British flag and the word “DURABILITY” written across it, and the words “WEATHERBY HANLEY ENGLAND ROYAL FALCON WARE 4-69” below the flag, all imprinted in green. [The firm of John Henry Weatherby & Sons was founded in 1891 in Tunstall and relocated the following year to Hanley in Staffordshire, England. The trademark name "Falconware" was adopted around 1925. The firm ceased operations in 2000.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 1.5, Max Diam = 17.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0022   CAS 2006-0009-0022; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a pen and ink drawing of a log food cache or cabin next to a sled atop a pile of logs and an inverted skin boat on a raised rack, and a number of large animal skins draped across a log, all in a very sparse forest covered in deep snow; Artist’s signature “George A. Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Scene is framed by a pale orange border; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all Good Wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Drawing by George Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 10287 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.0, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0023   CAS 2006-0009-0023; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a drawing of a man being pulled on skis by three dogs through a very sparsely forested landscape in deep snow, with a row of mountains in the background; Man’s parka is colored red, the sky and foreground are colored turquoise green, and the snow is tinged blue and red; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “With all good wishes for Christmas and the New Year.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Watercolor by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15E6 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0024   CAS 2006-0009-0024; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a drawing of a man wearing a red parka dragging a seal across a snow and ice covered landscape, with numerous ice floes and a patch of open sea in the background; Sky is tinted turquoise green and the snow is tinged red and blue; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “Christmas Greetings AND BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Watercolor by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 15E1 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0009-0025   CAS 2006-0009-0025; Card
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Card
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska and New York
County Anchorage and New York
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage and New York
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001); American Artists Group
Date of Manufacture ca. 1937-1942
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Commercially printed Christmas greeting card printed on white paper and then folded in a French fold so that the front panel shows a pen and ink drawing of a man and woman riding in a sled pulled by team of five dogs across a treeless and snow-covered landscape,with small ice floes in foreground and middle ground and band of mountains in background; Artist’s signature “George A. Ahgupuk Shishmaref, Alaska” is imprinted in lower right corner; Scene is framed by red border with twinkling stars in all corners; Inside panel of card is imprinted with greeting, “Merry Christmas AND BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR.”; Back panel of card is imprinted “from the Drawing by George A. Ahgupuk (with copyright symbol) AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP, N.Y. No. 10326 Printed in U.S.A.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 15.2, Length = 11.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0010-0001   CAS 2006-0010-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island; Village: Gambell
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Seal skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on thick rectangular piece of bleached seal skin depicting two Native Alaskan men dressed in parkas, skin pants, and mukluks and each holding a long shafted spear as they face a growling polar bear near the edge of ice-choked sea in the background; The men and the bear are all on land or a large ice floe; Artist’s signature “Florence Chauncey Gambell, Alaska” is written in ink in script in lower right corner. NOTE: Chauncey Malewotkuk was the artist’s husband and she sometimes signed her name using his first name as her surname.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 47.0, Length = 30.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0010-0002   CAS 2006-0010-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Siberian Yup'ik (Yupik)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island; Village: Gambell
Maker's Name Florence Napaaq Malewotkuk, (also Florence Nupok, Florence N. Chauncey) (1906-1971)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950-1965
Collection Name N/A
Materials Seal skin; Ink
Description Untitled pen and ink drawing on sealskin depicting three Native Alaskan men in a skin boat moving toward the right side of the drawing in icy water; The man in the front of the boat is kneeling and has his right arm raised over his head and is about to spear a walrus resting unaware on an ice floe; Other two men in the boat are rowing; Blocks of ice are depicted in the foreground; Artist’s signature “Florence Chauncey Gambell, Alaska” is written in script in black ink in lower right corner. NOTE: Chauncey Malewotkuk was Florence Napaaq’s husband and she sometimes signed her name, using his first name as her surname.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 37.0, Length = 20.4

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0013-0001   CAS 2006-0013-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name Robert Mayokok (1903-1983)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Indian ink
Description Miniature pen and ink portrait of a man on white paper, possibly representing the artist, himself; Subject is shown in a full frontal pose from mid-torso and up, although shoulders or arms are not shown; He is dressed in a high collared shirt or jacket with a fringed edge, and with hair that is somewhat disheveled; In a series of letters written by the artist while confined to a hospital to donor’s grandmother, the artist mentions his frustration at seemingly having lost his ability to draw portraits and he also mentions his intention of sending the donor’s grandmother some self portraits, but it is not certain if this particular image is the one referred to in his letter(s), which are housed in the CAS Archives; Drawing is signed “Robert Mayokok” in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 9.5, Length = 10.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0015-0001   CAS 2006-0015-0001; Sandpainting memory aid
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting memory aid
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona, New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercially woven muslin cloth; Commercial pigments
Description Sandpainting memory aid in the form of a partial image from a sand painting drawn and painted on a rectangular piece of white muslin cloth; Image is taken from the Navajo Male Shootingway Chant and depicts the sacred Buffalo People, shown here in the form of stylized buffalos with human-like heads; The body of each buffalo is painted in one of the four sacred directional colors of white, black, blue, or yellow; Traditionally, Navajo medicine men would draw images like this in small notebooks or on pieces of paper or cloth and carry these in their medicine bundles to remind them of a sandpainting’s many details when the complete image was being drawn for actual use during a ceremony; NOTE: Tyrone Campbell, from whom this was purchased by the donor, dated this piece to ca. 1940s. However, similar pieces were also produced by several individuals in the 1970s and 1980s, and were often purposely “distressed” to make them appear older than they were. This particular example is so carefully drawn and colored that it seems unlikely that a traditional medicine man drew it.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 63.0, Length = 37.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2008-0002-0001   CAS 2008-0002-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Maricopa
Other Geographic Data City: Phoenix
Maker's Name Mary Morez (1946-2004)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1965-1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Charcoal
Description Untitled charcoal drawing on gray textured paper, depicting the face and upper torso of a young Native American girl, shown in 3/4 profile and wearing a loose dress or blouse and a single strand bead necklace; Girl’s hair is cropped short and her left hand is raised across her chest, lightly touching the bottom of her necklace; Artist’s signature “MOREZ” is printed on the girl’s left forearm.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.6, Length = 58.7

Catalog Number

CAS 2008-0002-0002   CAS 2008-0002-0002; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Taos Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data Taos Pueblo
Maker's Name Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan Hopkins) (1906-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Tempera paint
Description Tempera painting on white card stock entitled “Stinky”, depicting single figure of a skunk, shown in left profile sitting atop several stylized earthen mounds that are outlined in pink and gray and planted with several green shrubs or grasses with red flowers; Skunk is depicted with a floral-like motif just behind its eye; Artist’s signature “Pop Chalee” is printed in gray paint just below and to the right of the drawing; Title “Stinky” is printed in ink along one edge on the reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 22.1, Length = 26.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2008-0002-0003   CAS 2008-0002-0003; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Taos Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data Taos Pueblo
Maker's Name Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan Hopkins) (1906-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Tempera paint
Description Tempera painting on white card stock entitled “Squash Blossom”, depicting single young Native American woman or girl shown standing in full frontal view, dressed in a long buckskin dress with fringed sleeves and hemline, buckskin moccasins, and a silver squash blossom necklace; In her hands held in front of her, the woman clasps a small doll wearing a red calico dress; Artist’s signature “Pop Chalee” is printed in black paint just below and to the right of the woman; Title “Squash Blossom” is printed in green ink along one edge on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.9, Length = 26.1

Catalog Number

CAS 2008-0004-0034   CAS 2008-0004-0034; Votive plaque
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Votive plaque
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Paint
Description Miniature votive plaque cut from a thin flat piece of wood in the form of a stylized horse and painted on one side only, showing a white horse with orange mane, black tail, blue saddle and a yin-yang symbol just below the saddle; Probably artist’s signature and other lengthy description printed on reverse in black ink; Plaque may have originally had small wooden stand (now lost).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.9, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 4.7

Catalog Number

CAS 2010-0004-0001   CAS 2010-0004-0001; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description 6-color lithograph on Buff Arches paper, entitled “Snake Dancer”, depicting stylized and black silhouetted figure of Hopi dancer holding a lavender, maroon, and blue snake in his mouth; The lower half of the background is colored pale orange and the upper half is blue; Artist’s signature “Scholder” and the edition # (101.150) are written in pencil along bottom edge; Produced at Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, NM in collaboration with Stephen Britko and Catherine Kisch Kuhn.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 55.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 76.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2010-0004-0002   CAS 2010-0004-0002; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Fort Sill Apache
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994)
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Charcoal
Description Charcoal drawing on paper, entitled “Plains Ceremonial”, depicting Plains Indian man and woman shown with their backs to the viewer; Both are wearing blankets and the man is holding a feather dance fan; A row of other dancers or spectators and several tipis can be faintly seen in the background; Artist’s signature “Houser” is printed in charcoal in the lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.7, Length = 61.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0009   CAS 2011-0009-0009; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1980
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Lithographic ink
Description Lithograph entitled “American Warrior,” printed on paper; Abstract figure of standing Indian warrior dressed in green, red, and black is shown holding a red shield and green bow (?) and wearing buffalo horns on his head; In background is large white silhouette of buffalo skull with touches of green and red ink, all against a pale purple background; Numbered “21/100” in lower left corner and signed “Scholder” in lower right corner; Embossed chop marks of Tamarind Institute and the printer appear in the lower left corner and in the center of the bottom edge, both more easily seen on the reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 76.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0010   CAS 2011-0009-0010; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1973
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Lithographic ink
Description Lithograph entitled “Indian, Dog and Friend,” printed on white paper by Tamarind Institute; Image depicts a man shown in silhouette,sitting in a folding chair with a large folded paper in his lap and talking to a Native American man, wearing a feather in his hair and kneeling in front of the first man; Reclining dog is shown in front of the Indian man; Numbered “88/100” in lower left corner, along with Tamarind’s chop mark; Signature “Scholder” and artist’s chop mark of a buffalo appear in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 58.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 43.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0011   CAS 2011-0009-0011; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Lithographic ink
Description Lithograph entitled “Self Portrait with Dark Glasses (First State),” printed on Buff Arches Paper by Tamarind Institute; Artist is shown in full frontal, shoulder length pose, wearing blue shirt and black sunglasses, set against plain blue background; Artist’s signature, “Scholder” appears in lower right corner; Numbered “80/100” in lower left corner, along with Tamarind’s blind stamp; Artist’s chop mark appears in lower center. The edition of 100 copies of this lithograph were released along with the book, Fritz Scholder Lithographs, pushed by the New York Graphic society, also limited to 100 copies. This lithograph and its accompanying book (signed by Fritz Scholder on last page) are both #80 of those editions.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 22.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 27.6

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0012   CAS 2011-0009-0012; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1980
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Lithographic ink
Description Lithograph titled “Artist at Forty as a Buffalo,” showing the artist in a 3/4 frontal pose from the waist up, wearing a military jacket with stars across the shoulders, against an orange background; Artist’s signature “Scholder” appears in lower right, Numbered “91/100” in lower left along with Tamarind’s blind stamps.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 57.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 76.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0013   CAS 2011-0009-0013; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Lithographic ink
Description Lithograph titled “Indian Encampment after Blakelock” depicting an encampment of several teepees shown in deep moonlit shadows, based on a similar work by American artist, George Blakelock; Artist’s signature “Scholder” appears in lower right, and edition number (30/50) appears in lower left.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 66.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 57.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0014   CAS 2011-0009-0014; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California and New Mexico
County San Francisco
Other Geographic Data City: San Francisco
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1984
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Serigraph titled “Canyon Harvest,” printed on white Rives BGK paper by Editions Press in San Francisco; Three Navajo women are shown together kneeling, with one in 3/4 profile, one in side profile, and the third with her back to the viewer; The two women in the front are both holding ears of corn; Artist’s signature and date “R C Gorman 1984” appear in lower left; edition number (175) appears in lower right along with Edition’s Press chop mark; Printer’s chop mark appears in lower center.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 148.6, Length = 97.7

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0015   CAS 2011-0009-0015; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California and New Mexico
County San Francisco
Other Geographic Data City: San Francisco
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Serigraph titled “Navajo Mother and Child,” printed on Stonehenge white paper by Editions Press in San Francisco; Seated Navajo woman cradling an infant in her arms is shown; Woman is dressed in white skirt and coral-colored blouse; Artist’s signature “R. C. Gorman” appears in lower left; Edition’s Press chop mark appears in lower right.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 71.0, Length = 96.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2011-0009-0016   CAS 2011-0009-0016; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Etching titled “Lady with Pears,” printed on Arches Cover White paper by Hand Graphics Impressions in Santa Fe; Seated Navajo woman is shown holding several pears in her lap in a shawl, with several other pears at her feet, all printed in shades of brown; Artist’s signature and date “R. C. Gorman 1978” appear in lower left; “Hand Graphics Impression” appears in lower right; Blind stamp for Hand Graphics Impressions (Hand Graphics Ltd. with hand print) appear on revers in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 45.4, Length = 38.0

Catalog Number CAS 2011-0009-0017   CAS 2011-0009-0017; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data City: Taos
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1989
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Red Concho,” printed on white paper by Taos Editions; Navajo woman is shown seated leaning on her left arm, with her body in side profile but her head turned to the viewer; She is dressed in pink skirt, pale purple blouse and a silver concho belt worn over a red belt; Woman is shown seated on a mauve-colored ground, against a blue background; Artist’s signature and date “R. C. Gorman 1989” are written in pencil in lower left corner, while edition number (81/300) is written in lower right corner; Artist’s blind stamp (RCG) and Taos Edition’s blind stamp (Taos Editions Ltd.) are printed on reverse in lower left and lower right corners, respectively. This serigraph was issued along with a limited edition book, R. C. Gorman, The Graphic Works, both in an edition of 300, of which this serigraph and accompanying book are #81.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.0, Length = 27.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2012-0001-0001   CAS 2012-0001-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1950s to early 1960s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Reindeer skin; Ink
Description Pen and ink drawing on tanned and bleached reindeer skin, depicting two polar bears, each standing on separate ice floes but facing each other; One of the bears stands over a freshly killed seal; Background shoes additional ice floes in a partially frozen sea; Canvas is marked “Reindeer skin” in lower left corner, and artist’s signature “Ahgupuk” is printed in ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2012-0002-0001   CAS 2012-0002-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. mid 1960s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Caribou skin; Ink
Description Pen and ink drawing on tanned and bleached caribou skin, depicting a dog sledder and his sled being pulled by a team of 7 dogs across a snowy landscape, with snow covered mountains in the background; Canvas is marked “Caribou skin” in lower left corner, and artist’s signature “Ahgupuk” is printed in ink in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.5, Length = 10.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2012-0005-0001   CAS 2012-0005-0001; Drawing
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Drawing
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970-1985
Collection Name N/A
Materials Seal skin; Colored pencil (?); India ink
Description Untitled colored pencil (?) and ink drawing on seal skin, depicting dog sledder and his sled being pulled across a snow-covered landscape by a team of 9 dogs; Blue mountains are shown in the background; Artist’s signature “Ahgupuk” is printed in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.3, Length = 10.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2013-0001-0001   CAS 2013-0001-0001; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine: Jinang Tribe
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land
Maker's Name Dan Gudinga (b. 1942)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1980s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description Earth pigment painting entitled “Totem Fish” on flat, rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting one large fish, surrounded by two smaller fish above it and two smaller fish and a tadpole (?) below it; Each figure is painted reddish brown and outlined in white; The largest fish and one of those at the top are also painted with alternating white, rust brown, and dark brown bands along the mid-sections of their bodies; Background of painting is black, and entire painting is framed by narrow brown band and two parallel white lines; Top and bottom edges of bark panel are somewhat rounded.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 44.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 22.5

Catalog Number CAS 2013-0001-0002   CAS 2013-0001-0002; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine: Milingimbi Tribe
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Northern Territory
County
Other Geographic Data Arnhem Land
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1980s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Earth pigments
Description Untitled bark painting done in earth pigments on a flat, rectangular piece of eucalyptus bark, depicting pair of black snakes with a stylized plant between them with alternating pairs of leaves in black and dark brown, all on a background of alternating white, dark brown, and mustard yellow cross-hatched bands; Painting is framed along all four edges by narrow black band.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 75.8

Catalog Number

CAS 2013-0007-0001   CAS 2013-0007-0001; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Lincoln
Other Geographic Data Corona
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph on Arches Cover Buff paper, titled “Earth Child, State II” depicting a seated Navajo woman dressed in white skirt and pink blouse, shown holding a baby against her left shoulder; Woman is shown in 3/4 profile and the baby is shown in right profile; Only the woman’s face and hand and the baby’s face are drawn with any detail, while the remainder of the scene is depicted in just a few broad stroke; Artist’s signature and date (“R. C. Gorman 1979”) are written in pencil in lower left corner, while edition number “12/75” is written in pencil in lower right corner on front; Artist’s chop mark (artist’s initials) and workshop’s chop marks (W) are blind stamped along bottom edge on reverse, and copyright symbol is stamped along bottom edge, with copyright date/number (79-110) written in pencil. This lithograph was published by Western Graphics Press of Corona, NM in an edition size of 1 Bon a Tirer impression, 2 Printer’s Proofs, 75 Artist’s Edition, 8 Artist’s Proofs, 15 Roman numbered impressions, 3 Presentation Proofs, 2 Record Impressions, 3 Trial Proofs, and 1 Color Trial Proof.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 76.0, Length = 57.0

Catalog Number

CAS 2013-0007-0002   CAS 2013-0007-0002; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Etching on white Arches paper titled “Woman with Pot, State II,” depicting a kneeling Navajo woman in left profile, wearing a plain blouse and skirt, both in shades of brown; Located just behind the woman is a large spherical ceramic jar with black and white designs; Artist’s signature and date (“R. C. Gorman 1978”) is written in pencil along lower left edge, next to the artist’s blind-stamped chop mark (artist’s initials); Edition number (Trial Proof) is written in pencil along lower right edge, next to workshop’s blind-stamped chop mark (hand print). This engraving was printed by Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, NM in an edition that included 2 Printer’s Proofs, 20 Roman numbered impressions, 4 Trial Proofs, 6 Trial Proofs, and 7 Hand Graphic Impressions.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 65.6, Length = 56.9

Catalog Number CAS 2013-0007-0003   CAS 2013-0007-0003; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Sioux Chief” depicting standing male in three-quarter profile, facing right and dressed from head to toe in buckskin; Subject is carrying a feather bundle or an unidentified object that is decorated with feathers, and is printed in shades of purple and black ink, against a rust brown background; “Sioux Chief” is imprinted in upper right corner of lithograph; Edition number (68/150) is written in black pencil along lower left edge and artist’s signature (“Scholder”) is written in black pencil along lower right edge.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 57.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 76.3

Catalog Number CAS 2014-0007-0001   CAS 2014-0007-0001; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1977
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Walking Dog” or “Reservation Dog”, printed on White Arches paper by Tamarind Institute; Subject is a single dog, painted primarily in light and dark blue with red and white accents and shown walking to the left against a plain brown mustard colored background; In the distance (along top of image) is a stark and very stylized landscape of rock formations in same colors as the dog, against a dark blue sky; Edition # 21/100 is written in pencil just to the left of center of bottom edge and artist’s signature “Scholder” is written in pencil along lower right edge; Printer’s and Tamarind Institute’s chop marks are stamped on reverse in center of bottom edge and in lower left corner, along with pencil notations, “Arches White” and “77-64.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 76.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 57.0

Catalog Number CAS 2014-0007-0002   CAS 2014-0007-0002; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Another Deco Indian,” printed on White Arches paper by Tamarind Institute; Subject depicted is a single male shown full length while seated on a box of some kind, his head turned in left profile; Subject is dressed in blue buckskin pants and shirt, with the latter including a large white front panel that appears to beaded; Additional beading is evident on the left shirt sleeve and on the moccasins; A beaded tobacco bag lies next to the subject’s left leg and a beaded (?) cane rest across his lap; Artist’s signature is written in pencil along center of lower edge and edition # 65/150” is written in pencil in lower right corner; Printer’s chop mark is stamped in center along bottom edge and Tamarind Institute’s chop mark is stamped in lower left corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.8, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 76.2

Catalog Number CAS 2015-0004-0001   CAS 2015-0004-0001; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Sandia Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Robert Montoya (aka Soe-Khuwa-Pin) (b. 1947)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “A Gift of Life” showing a woman holding a pot in her right hand and reaching out her left hand toward a deer; A corn stalk topped with a katsina face and a leafy plant frame the two figures; Feathers adorn the heads of the katsina, woman and deer; Edition # 24/50, printed in 1979 by Joy Purmal Baker; Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on lower right, titled lower center; Copyright blind stamp on lower right reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 46.4, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number CAS 2015-0004-0002   CAS 2015-0004-0002; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Sandia Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Robert Montoya (aka Soe-Khuwa-Pin) (b. 1947)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “The World of the Hunter” showing a hunter kneeling down in respect for a dead deer at his feet; A large decorated bowl sits on the ground next to the deer and two katsina faces float above; Feathers adorn the heads of the katsinem, hunter and deer; Edition # 24/50, printed in 1979 by Joy Purmal Baker; Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on lower right, titled lower center; Copyright blind stamp on lower right reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 46.4, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number CAS 2015-0004-0003   CAS 2015-0004-0003; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Woman From Paris” (State I) showing a woman seated with her knees drawn up and her right hand resting on her right foot; She wears a red top which blends into a white skirt; Edition # 9/100, printed in 1979 by Atelier Mourlot, Paris, France (Ben Adams and Richard Newton, printers); Signed and dated on lower left, numbered on lower right; Copyright blind stamp on lower right reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 72.4, Length = 54.0

Catalog Number CAS 2015-0004-0004   CAS 2015-0004-0004; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Clifford Beck (1946-1995)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1989
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Deer Dancer” depicting three dancing men (or three images of the same man) wearing a white headdress topped with a deer head with pink feathers attached to the antlers; The men are bare chested above a black skirt adorned with conical metal tinklers and ankle rattles; They hold a gourd rattle in each hand; Edition # 22/100, printed ca. 1989 by Southwest Graphics, publishers; Signed and numbered on lower center; Copyright blind stamp on lower right reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 68.9, Length = 57.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2016-0001-0001   CAS 2016-0001-0001; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered placemat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Arctic Hunters”; Image shows two polar bears about to devour a seal; A small boat with five rowers and a short sail passes in the background; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “COPYRIGHT MCMLXXIV BY GRIFFIN’S - ALASKA” and in lower center “Arctic Hunters”; Reverse side of placemat shows a reproduction of a light beige woven fabric framed with a thin beige border and wider white border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 42.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2016-0001-0002   CAS 2016-0001-0002; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered placemat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “The Quiet Visitors”; Image shows a male moose facing away from the viewer and looking toward three female or juvenile moose on the right; In the background is a cabin and beyond that are mountains; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “COPYRIGHT MCMLXXIV BY GRIFFIN’S - ALASKA” and in lower center “The Quiet Visitors”; Reverse side of placemat shows a reproduction of a light beige woven fabric framed with a thin beige border and wider white border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 42.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2016-0001-0003   CAS 2016-0001-0003; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered placemat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Return to the Village”; Image shows a sled led by nine dogs; The sled driver stands while two people sit on the sled, one of whom is holding a puppy; A village is visible in the background; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “COPYRIGHT MCMLXXIV BY GRIFFIN’S - ALASKA” and in lower center “Return to the Village”; Reverse side of placemat shows a reproduction of a light beige woven fabric framed with a thin beige border and wider white border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 42.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2016-0001-0004   CAS 2016-0001-0004; Placemat
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Placemat
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Anchorage
Other Geographic Data City: Anchorage
Maker's Name George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001)
Date of Manufacture 1974
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Plastic
Description Commercially made plastic-covered placemat showing a reproduction of a pen and ink drawing on the front entitled “Eskimo Blanket Toss”; Image shows nine Eskimo men gathered in a circle and holding the edges of blanket or skin on which a tenth man is being tossed into the air; All men are dressed in parkas, some with the hood up, others with it down; Behind the men is shown an inverted skin-covered boat on a storage rack with its ribs exposed, and a skin stretched out to dry; Artist’s signature “George Ahgupuk” is reproduced in lower right corner; Imprinted in lower left corner is “COPYRIGHT MCMLXXIV BY GRIFFIN’S - ALASKA” and in lower center “Eskimo Blanket Toss”; Reverse side of placemat shows a reproduction of a light beige woven fabric framed with a thin beige border and wider white border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 29.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 42.2

Catalog Number CAS 2016-0006-0001A-C   CAS 2016-0006-0001A-C; Lithograph and miniature book set
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph and miniature book set
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink; Leather; Silk
Description Lithograph and miniature book boxed set; The set was published in 1979 by ARC Press, Scottsdale, Arizona, as part of a limited edition, of which this is # 14/100; A: Lithograph titled “Buffalo Dancer” by Fritz Scholder, signed lower center, executed at Tamarind Institute; B: Miniature leather-bound book lined with silk grosgrain and titled “Random Thoughts and Memories” by Fritz Scholder, printed by The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Vermont, on Amatruda Amalfi No. 1, handmade paper; C: Marble board slip case box with label reading “RANDOM THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES -- SCHOLDER” pasted on front.
Dimensions (cm) Width = A=5.1; B=5.8; C=6.1, Thickness = A=0.0; B=1.3; C=1.6, Length = A=6.7; B=7.3; C=7.7

Catalog Number

CAS 2017-0003-0001   CAS 2017-0003-0001; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1977
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description Untitled color etching on German copperplate Deluxe paper; Image depicts a woman sitting in partial profile, with feet folded in and legs bent to the side, hands clasped around her feet; Her face is turned to the left of the image, in full profile, while most of her torso is seen; A brown and beige striped textile covers her back and shoulders, over her red blouse; She wears a blue pendant earring in her left ear, and a long white ribbon ties back her grey hair in a knot at the nape of her neck; In the background and foreground are patches of various shades of grey, depicting the shadow she casts; The artist began this work in 1976, completing and marking it in 1977; Signed by the artist in lower left pencil “R.C. Gorman 1977” and “34/40” written in pencil lower right; Workshop chop: blind stamp on back lower left; “34/40” on lower right, “1977” lower left; From a limited edition of three states (1 bon à tirer, 2 printer’s proofs, 40 regular edition, 5 artist’s proofs, 5 hand publisher’s impressions, 7 trial proofs); Published by Hand Graphics, Ltd.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 67.4, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 57.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2017-0003-0002   CAS 2017-0003-0002; Poster
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Poster
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data City: Taos
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1987
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description Color poster: “R.C. Gorman The Graphic Works (Chili Peppers)”; Image depicts a woman sitting on the ground facing right in profile, with arms wrapped around bent left knee; In front of her extended right leg, in the foreground of image, is a basket of red and green chili peppers, with other peppers scattered on the ground around her; She wears a red shirt with an orange and green striped belt, and a flowing skirt of various shades of peach, pink, and purple; In her right ear she wears a blue pendant earring, and a long white ribbon ties her black hair back in a knot at the nape of her neck; Woman is shown seated on a dark purple ground, against a background of cloudy peach, which transitions to a light purple towards the top of the image; Signed by the artist in black ink lower right; Printed below image: “R.C. GORMAN: Chili Peppers. Reproduced from an original lithograph. Published by Taos Editions, Ltd., in association with Western Graphics Workshop, Inc. and Houston Fine Art Press. ©Copyright by Taos Editions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 79.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 69.3

Catalog Number CAS 2017-0003-0003   CAS 2017-0003-0003; Poster
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Poster
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1975
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Color poster: “Scholder Collects Scholder University of Santa Clara de Saisset Art Gallery October 10 - November 27, 1975”; Image depicts a man standing in partial profile, facing left, wearing a floor-length headdress of white and black feathers and holding a staff in his right hand, with raised and slightly extended forearm; He wears a purple and red shirt, long black pants with a white stripe down the left leg, and purple shoes with white stripes; His face is not visible, being in apparent deep shadow; Background of image is a light brown, with faint shadows of purple and red radiating out from the back of his headdress, chest, lower right leg, and left foot; Signed in plate, lower left; Signed and dated “10.9.77” by the artist in pen lower right.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.7, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 77.7

Catalog Number CAS 2017-0003-0004   CAS 2017-0003-0004; Poster
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Poster
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1976
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Color poster: “Santa Fe Festival of the Arts October 7-22, 1977”; Image consists of background of primarily beige with the upper 1/3 a bright blue, suggesting a dessert landscape; In the foreground a man stands facing forward, left arm bent across his chest and holding a blue blanket around the left side of his body; The blue blanket covers him almost entirely, with only hair, face, and left foot visible; His black hair flows out to his right; Black shadows obscure his right side, suggesting a shadow cast by the blanket blowing in wind; His shadow can be seen in the lower right corner of the image; Image is very similar to the artist’s 1973 “Santa Fe Indian” although that piece is the opposite configuration, with the shadow on the figure’s left side, and variations in color; Signed in plate, lower left; Signed and dated “10.9.77” by the artist in pen lower right.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 63.3, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 81.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2017-0003-0005   CAS 2017-0003-0005; Poster
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Poster
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1976
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Color poster of painting titled “Indian Power”; Image depicts an unclothed man in vibrant orange, astride a bright purple horse, in profile facing right; His right arm is raised in a fist, covering his face, while his left grasps a handful of the horse’s black mane; Horse’s head is bowed, mouth slightly open, and appears to be galloping; The man’s hair flows out behind him in two black braids, further depicting the movement of the scene; Man and horse are shown against a solid bright blue background; Signed in plate, upper right; Signed and dated “10.9.77” by the artist in pen lower right.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 73.4, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 62.4

Catalog Number

CAS 2017-0003-0006   CAS 2017-0003-0006; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Absaroke (Crow)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Earl Biss (1947-1998)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description Serigraph entitled “Ladies in the Morning Sun”; Image depicts four women on horses against a primarily light blue background; Slightly left of center, a rising sun is depicted by a bright orange disk, encircled in shades of red and pink, above thick bands of pink and orange; Two women face the sun, with only the back of their heads and backs visible; Two other women are shown in profile, facing right, with their faces lacking detail; All four the women wear beige textiles across their shoulders and backs, accented by designs in blue, yellow, and red; The bodies of the horses are primarily black, but are slightly obscured by various accents of pink, purple, orange that cover the bottom 1/3 of the image, depicting the colors of the sunrise; Title written in pencil lower center; From a limited edition of 60; Dated “ 79’ ” and signed by the artist in blue pencil in upper right; Numbered “45/60” in pencil, lower left; Published by P&M Graphics.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 73.2, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 55.8

Catalog Number

CAS 2019-0001-0155   CAS 2019-0001-0155; Sandpainting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data Sheep Springs
Maker's Name David Lee (1948-1996)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1987
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description Square sandpainting composed in radial pattern; At the center is a turquoise circle, representing the Place of Emergence from which the Holy People entered the Glittering World; Radiating images are separated into four quadrants by crosses that extend out from top, bottom, and both sides of the central circle; Two “Yeis”, or gods, representing Mother Earth and Father Sky appear in opposite quadrants; Two of the four sacred plants, corn and tobacco, are also depicted in the other quadrants; Unframed; Written on the back of the piece: “Mother Earth & Father Sky with plants.”
Dimensions (cm) Height = 30.4, Width = 30.4, Thickness = 1.1

Catalog Number CAS 2019-0001-0156   CAS 2019-0001-0156; Sandpainting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County San Juan
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Shiprock
Maker's Name Doris Begay
Date of Manufacture ca. 1981
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description Rectangular sandpainting of single “Yei”, or Holy Man/Woman; Single, large central figure with elongated torso and feathers decorating upper and lower body; Two of the four sacred plants are depicted in the figures upraised hands; Set in a wooden frame; Written on the back of the piece: “ “Yei-Be-Chai” (sic) This is Navajo (sic) religion ceremonial sandpainting. Made of natural stone of (sic) color design. Doris Begay PO Box #1492 Shiprock, N. Mex.”
Dimensions (cm) Height = 48.8, Width = 28.1, Thickness = 4.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2019-0001-0157   CAS 2019-0001-0157; Sandpainting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County San Juan
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Shiprock
Maker's Name Cecil Myerson (1951-2012) or Jean Myerson
Date of Manufacture ca. 1983
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description Square sandpainting composed in radial pattern; In the center is a large, black circle with a small “Yei” or Holy Woman standing inside, surrounded by a ring of eagle feathers in turquoise, white, red, and orange; At equal intervals, four double lightning bolts extend from the central black circle and transition into the four sacred plants of corn, tobacco, squash, and beans; Pendant feathers in colors of white, turquoise, red, and orange extend from the border of the inner black circle, creating an inner ring of feathers surrounding the Yei; A rainbow, depicted by a thick, curved double line of blue and red, borders the design field; Set in a wooden frame; Written on the back of the piece: “Sun and Eagle” This is a ceremonial sand painting - used for healing in many ways. Myerson.”
Dimensions (cm) Height = 33.7, Width = 33.7, Thickness = 2.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2019-0001-0173   CAS 2019-0001-0173; Etching on baleen
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching on baleen
Culture Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Utqiagvik (Barrow)
Maker's Name Lena Simmonds (1933-20__)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1972
Collection Name N/A
Materials Baleen
Description Etching on baleen; Long, roughly rectangular section of baleen with etchings on both sides; On one side is a scene of an Eskimo man dragging a seal behind him, closely followed by a polar bear, as he walks towards an igloo on a hill, with two smaller wooden structures built next to it; On the other side is a group of four walruses; A black braided cord is tied to two small holes in the superior middle portion for hanging.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 11.8, Width = 38.0, Thickness = 1.2

Catalog Number

CAS 2019-0004-0055   CAS 2019-0004-0055; Book
Category Tools & Implements; Visual Arts
Object Name Book
Culture
Global Region Southeast Asia
Country Myanmar (Burma)
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Hand made paper; Ink
Description Small book of tattoo designs; Pages are continuous with one another, and are attached accordion style to the front and back of the book, which are formed of thick wooden panels; Exterior of panels are decorated with elephants in bas relief.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.5, Width = 9.9, Length = 16.9

Catalog Number

CAS 2019-0004-0087   CAS 2019-0004-0087; Bark painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Bark painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist. Queensland
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Eucalyptus bark; Pigments
Description Painting on a flattened sheet of eucalyptus bark; Painting shows five people standing on a boat painted in colors of rust brown, white, yellow, and black; Body of boat and sail are painted in fine line and geometric patterns.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 22.2, Width = 32.0, Length = 32.5

Catalog Number CAS 2019-0004-0088   CAS 2019-0004-0088; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Kevin Tjungarryi
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Canvas; Paint; Cardboard
Description Australian aboriginal style dot painting; Central design features a honey ant with an extended abdomen; Ant is on a solid black background, surrounded by concentric circles of white, yellow, and green dots; Four red lines representing digging sticks are near each corner; Handwritten on back: “‘Women with Digging Sticks Digging Honey Ants’ Handpainted (sic) in Australia by Kevin Tjungarryi.”
Dimensions (cm) Height = 20.0, Width = 14.9, Thickness = 0.3

Catalog Number CAS 2019-0007-0001   CAS 2019-0007-0001; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1980
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “Buffalo Dancer in New Mexico” depicting a man dressed for the Buffalo Dance, his back turned to the viewer; Painted mostly in shades of black and grey, with green accents and a bright blue sky over the horizon; From a signed limited edition printed by Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, NM; Number 26 of 75; Signed lower right center, numbered 26-75 lower left center, stamp lower left, blind stamps lower right, “FS” stamped lower center; “75-192 buff Arches (sic)” written in pencil on lower right reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.9, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 76.4

Catalog Number CAS 2019-0007-0002   CAS 2019-0007-0002; Poster
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Poster
Culture Luiseño
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Bernalillo
Other Geographic Data City: Albuquerque
Maker's Name Fritz Scholder (1937-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1994
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Color poster: “Fritz Scholder: Ten Recent Paintings + One Sculpture”; Features Scholder’s painting “Red #6” of an Indian man wrapped in a red blanket and holding a large quiver of feathers; “Fritz Scholder: Ten Recent Paintings + One Sculpture March 12 - April 4, 1994 - Scottsdale August 5 - 30, 1994- Santa Fe Riva Yares Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona - Santa Fe, New Mexico” printed below painting; “Red #6, 1994, oil on canvas, 80” x 68” © Fritz Scholder” printed vertically along the lower right of the painting; Original painting signed lower left; Poster signed by the artist in pen below his printed name.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 61.1, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 91.6

Catalog Number

CAS 2020-0001-0044  

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Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Grey Squirrel (Fred Stevens, Jr.) (1922-1983)
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Burnett
Materials
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 41.0, Width = 20.3, Thickness = 0.5

Catalog Number

CAS 2020-0001-0045  

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Category Visual Arts
Object Name Sandpainting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Grey Squirrel (Fred Stevens, Jr.) (1922-1983)
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Burnett
Materials
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 41.0, Width = 20.2, Thickness = 0.5

Catalog Number CAS 2021-0004-0001   CAS 2021-0004-0001; Lithograph (“Corn Mother”)
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph (“Corn Mother”)
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1972
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph pretest proof of “Corn Mother”; Edition size of 70. This work is part of the Homage to Navajo Women Suite. ”Pretest #1” inscribed lower right. Signed by the artist.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 76.7, Width = 56.4, Thickness = 0.1

Catalog Number CAS 2021-0004-0002   CAS 2021-0004-0002; Lithograph (“Young Navajo Woman”)
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph (“Young Navajo Woman”)
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005)
Date of Manufacture 1972
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph pretest proof of “Young Navajo Woman”; Edition size of 70. This work is part of the Homage to Navajo Women Suite. ”Pretest #1” inscribed lower right. Signed by the artist.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 81.3, Width = 60.8, Thickness = 0.1
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