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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0970   CAS 0370-0970; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture 1961
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on illustration board
Description Painting on white illustration board entitled "Little Spotted Skunk" depicting three different full-body views of a black skunk with tan stripes; Several stylized plants are interspersed among the skunks and blue and salmon-colored rainbow bar borders top and upper sides of painting; Signature "H. Begay" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Title "Lilte (sic) Spotted Skunk" is handwritten in pencil on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 14.6, Length = 16.6