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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