Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0007 | |
| 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 | |