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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0982   CAS 0370-0982; Etching
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Etching
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Community: Wide Ruins
Maker's Name Beatien Yazz (Beatian Yazz, Jimmy Toddy) (b. 1928)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1947
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Untitled etching on white paper depicting single bird with its feathers fully ruffled and sitting on a spruce bough; Entire scene is printed in shades of gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black ink in border just below lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.4, Length = 18.1