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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


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