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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1112   CAS 0370-1112; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock
Maker's Name Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on salmon mat board
Description Untitled painting on brown mat board, showing young Navajo boy dressed in high moccasins and breechclout kneeling alongside stylized tree while holding arrow; At boy's side is stylized corn plant that is showering corn pollen over his head; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in salmon-colored paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 34.8, Length = 23.0