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Catalog Number CAS 0370-1053   CAS 0370-1053; 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 Beatien Yazz (Beatian Yazz, Jimmy Toddy) (b. 1928)
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy cream-colored paper depicting single brown coyote standing in deep snow with its back to the wind; Leafless tree or cholla cactus is in background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" with copyright symbol is printed in black paint near lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.1, Length = 24.0