Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0968 | |
| 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 | |