Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0973 | |
| 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 white paper depicting dance scene, including standing Navajo man at left playing drum, seated pueblo man in center, and pueblo dancer at right wearing elaborate headdress with blue bird mounted at top; Figures are set against plain background with no attempt at perspective; 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 = 34.5, Length = 26.5 | |