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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1050   CAS 0370-1050; 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 cream-colored paper depicting single fawn walking in deep, wind-driven snow among several gnarled and bare juniper trees; Etching is printed in shades of black and gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border beneath lower right corner of etching.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.6, Length = 26.4