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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