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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1176 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Engraving | |
| Culture | South Baffin Inuit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Nunavut | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Baffin Island, Cape Dorset | |
| Maker's Name | Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Untitled engraving on white paper depicting duck-like bird shown in left profile striding position, and a seagull-like bird flying right behind it; Both birds are depicted with geometric feather patterns and seagull-like bird has image of polar bear on its side; Both images are printed in black on plain white background; "11/50, Kenojuak" are handwritten in pencil in lower left and lower right corners, respectively, below image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 45.6, Length = 31.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1177 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Inupiat | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Northwest Arctic | |
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Kivalina | |
| Maker's Name | Jerry Norton (b. 1942) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 07 April 1961 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper, entitled "Successful Hunt", depicting 7 men returning from a seal hunt; 3 men are unloading the skin-covered umiak while 2 others stand to the right side holding their bow and harpoon and the remaining 2 kneel among the seals and tools that have been unloaded; 5 seals lie in the foreground or in the boat; Body of open water is shown behind boat, with ice blocks and snow drifts ringing its shoreline in the background; Signature "Jerry Norton 61" is printed in green ink in lower right corner along with image of feather. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 50.0, Length = 29.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1178 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Drawing | |
| Culture | Bella Coola (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Wiclbee (?) Reuben | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paper; Pencil; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled pencil and ink drawing on white paper depicting a trolling boat named "Silver Spray", shown in left profile; "British Columbias (sic) Trolling Boat" is handwritten in purple ink in upper left corner; "W/R/ 5476, Bella Coola, B.C." is printed in pencil on side of boat; "From Wiclbee [?] Reuben Northwest coast Indian B.C." is written in ink on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.5, Length = 16.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1179 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Read Island | |
| Maker's Name | Louis Taptuma (Lapluma or Laptuma?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Pastel chalk and charcoal on construction paper | |
| Description | Untitled abstract (?) drawing on gray construction paper, possibly representing a rainstorm; 2 gray areas with vertical strokes against turquoise colored background intersect with gray area along bottom with horizontal strokes; Signature "Louis Taptuma [possibly Lapluma or Laptuma], Eskimo, 52 years, Read Is. N.W. Territories" is handwritten in pencil in lower right corner on reverse (same handwriting as for James Taipanak paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.8, Length = 20.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1180 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Cambridge Bay | |
| Maker's Name | James Taipanak | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor and casein (?) on paper; Glue | |
| Description | Untitled collage on paper depicting landscape scene; Alaskan coastline (?) is painted in green and gray with blue ocean shown at bottom of painting; 2 paper cutout figures in shape of standing Eskimos dressed in parkas, pants, and mukluks are placed within the landscape; Collage is unsigned; "Eskimo, Cambridge Bay, 40 yrs." is handwritten in ink on reverse of blue paper backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.1, Length = 22.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1181 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Read Island | |
| Maker's Name | Louis Taptuma (Lapluma or Laptuma?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor and cutouts on paper | |
| Description | Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting landscape scene, possibly of eroding seaside cliffs on sides of volcanoes; Blue sky and blue ocean waters are depicted above and below, respectively, a brown band with vertical gullies and black caprocks; Signature "Louis Taptuma (possibly Lapluma or Laptuma) is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for James Taipanak paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 31.0, Length = 22.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1182 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Cambridge Bay | |
| Maker's Name | James Taipanak | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper; Paper cutouts; Glue | |
| Description | Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting paper cutout of Eskimo man dressed in red parka and turquoise colored pants carrying rifle and standing on shoreline of water body while pair of paper cutout birds swim offshore; Impressionistic landscape in colors of gray and yellow against green sky with sun and single-lined red rainbow (?) are shown in background; Signature "James Taipanak, 40 yrs., Cambridge Bay" is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.2, Length = 22.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1184 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Cree | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Manitoba | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Lower Manitoba Lakes | |
| Maker's Name | Jane Hornbrook (?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paper cutouts and crayon on paper | |
| Description | Untitled collage depicting flowering plant made of painted and cutout red flowers and green paper leaves, all arranged in blue flower pot-shaped container with cutout green plant and orange bird on side, all glued to white paper backing; "Mrs. Jane Hornbrook, T R (?)" is handwritten in pencil along bottom edge; "Indian Lower Manitoba Lakes Woman Swampy Cree" is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.3, Length = 41.3 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1197 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tempera on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on heavy white paper, folded to form Christmas card; Painting on front depicts stylized parrot, painted with geometric patterns in colors of gray, rust brown, turquoise, light brown, and yellow; Signature "Gilbert Atencio 62" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner; Handwritten message inside reads "To Wish You Peace, Joy + Happiness for Christmas + The New Year, Fr. Gilbert Atencio." Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 13.4, Length = 17.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1201 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Raymond Naha (1933-1975) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tempera on brown mat board | |
| Description | Untitled painting depicting Zuni Shalako ceremony; Depicted in center background is Zuni shrine with bird perched on rainbow arch; In center foreground is pair of Koyemsi or Mudhead Katsinam, each wearing black kilt and neckerchief and brown leather case mask; They are flanked on either side by Salimopia Thlian'ona (Blue Warrior of the West) who are dressed in embroidered kilts and turquoise colored case masks that are largely hidden behind collar ruffs of black crow feathers and who serve as guardians of important katsinam; At left and right side of painting is a Shalako impersonator, each wearing Shalako mask and costume and shown in striding position; Signed "Naha" in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 81.3, Length = 50.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1202 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Town: St. Michaels | |
| Maker's Name | Robert Chee (1938-1972) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on black mat board entitled "Been Trading", depicting Navajo boy and man walking one behind the other across a low hill toward left side of painting; Boy is dressed in gray jeans and brown shirt and carries small leather or paper pouch in his left hand; Man is dressed in blue jeans, light blue shirt, and broad-brimmed hat and carries large flour (?) sack on his shoulder; Blond-colored dog trails behind the two and stylized rock formations tower in background at left and right; Navajo Yei (deity) figure arches across sky; Signature "Robert Chee 62" is painted in gray paint near lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 76.0, Length = 51.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1203 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Fort Sill Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Santa Fe | |
| Maker's Name | Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tempera on paper | |
| Description | Painting entitled "Searching for the Enemy" depicting 9 Apache warriors mounted on galloping horses riding across low hills devoid of vegetation except for low bushes and one juniper tree in lower right foreground; Warriors are all shirtless and wear moccasins, white pants, and/or breechclouts; Principle subject depicted in foreground is reeling his pinto steed to his left and he wears a war cap, indicating he may be the leader; He also carries rifle, whereas others are armed with bows and arrows and spears; Signature "Allan Houser 60" is printed in red paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 99.0, Length = 76.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1204 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Dixon Shebala (ca. 1940-1977) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1956 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting showing Zuni Hilili dance; Left to right are 1) Hilili Kohanna (Corn Hilili), 2) Hilili Kohanna Okya (Corn Hilili Girl), 3) Clemhoktoni, 4) Hilili Kohanna Okya, and 5) Hilili Kohanna; Both Hilil Kohanna figures wear white kilts with sun symbols on blue band, bandoliers, wild cat skins around shoulders, and case masks with white beards and sun symbols and feather fans attached at top, and each carries yucca spears; Hilili Kohanna Okya figures wear one-shoulder dresses and masks with wigs and broad band painted across eyes; Clemhoktoni wears white kilt with sun symbols on blue band and tableta headdress; Signature "Shebala '56" is printed in black paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 73.6, Length = 44.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1205 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Town: St. Michaels | |
| Maker's Name | Robert Chee (1938-1972) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1963 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Untitled painting depicting Navajo fire dance with four Navajo men wearing breechclouts and whose bodies are painted with clay, dancing around small bonfire while brandishing burning cedar torches; Two dancers on right and in background are tossing burning embers in air, while dancer at left is prodding 4th dancer with hot torch; Scene is set against black background; Image of moon transformed into arching Yei (deity) figure is overhead; Signature "Robert Chee" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 70.5, Length = 50.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1206 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Theodore Suina (Ku-Pe-Ru) (b. 1918) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1958 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on brown illustration board | |
| Description | Painting on brown mat board entitled "Koshare in Prayer of Thanks" depicting Koshare clown standing at left and shown in left profile with his arms held out in front; His body is painted in alternating gray and brown stripes and he wears blue breechclout and cape; 4 cornstalks are shown in right foreground against outline of pueblo in background; Rainbow arch ending in deity's body curves upward from pueblo to left edge and 3 stylized clouds fill the sky; Signature "Ku-Pe-Ru '58" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; "Theodore Suina, Cochiti Pueblo, Pena Blanca, N. Mex. Koshare in Prayer of Thanks, $40.00" is handwritten in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 51.1, Length = 72.1 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1207 |  |
| 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. 1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on black mat board entitled "Navajo Feather Dance" depicting Talking God (the principle Navajo deity) leading line of 2 female and 1 male dancer, all of whom carry wands with ribbon streamers as they dance toward a large bonfire in the left foreground; 2 men are seated in the background as one shakes a rattle and the other taps a basket-drum, their faces lit by the fire's light; Signature "B Yazz" is printed in white paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 81.4, Length = 51.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1208 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Desk pad | |
| Culture | Lakota Sioux | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cardboard; Paper; Leather; Glass beads | |
| Description | Desk pad made from cardboard covered in red paper; Two leather slats affixed to long ends to hold blotter paper; Each slat is covered in lazy stitch beaded panel most likely taken from a pair of leggings; Panel design consists of five identical blue equilateral triangles bordered in red; Each triangle contains a red stepped triangle bordered in white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 45.6, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 71.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1209 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Block print | |
| Culture | Hopi (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | David Holt | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Block print entitled "Hopi Snake Dance" (State 2, #4/10) showing 2 groupings of snake dance figures, each printed multiple times in black ink in overlapping pattern; First group of 2 dancers and partial image of third dancer (with their faces in dark shadows) is printed 3 times in upper left quadrant and 3 times in upper right quadrant (but slightly lower than on left side); Full image of second group of 2 dancers is printed twice in lower left quadrant, flanked on either side by partial image (right hand figure only) of group; Full image of second group is printed twice also in lower right quadrant; Title and edition number are written in ink in lower left corner; Signed "David Holt" in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 60.2, Length = 45.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1210 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Stone cut print | |
| Culture | South Baffin Inuit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Nunavut | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Baffin Island, Cape Dorset | |
| Maker's Name | Pudlo | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1963 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Stone cut print on white mulberry or rice paper entitled "Eagle Carrying Man" depicting stylized eagle printed in brown ink carrying man in its talons by man's feet, while man holds rake-like object; Man is printed in black ink; "46/50, 1963" are handwritten in pencil below image, along with title (?) and artist's name (?), the latter both printed in pencil in Inuit characters; Title "Eagle Carrying Man" is handwritten in pencil along upper edge on reverse; Artist's chop mark is printed in red ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in black ink above and to left of image. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 48.7, Length = 62.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1211 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Joe H. Herrera (See-Ru) (1923-2001) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1952-1956 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on paper | |
| Description | Painting on light gray watercolor paper entitled "Four Petroglyph Figures" depicting row of 4 human -like figures from various locations in Galisteo Basin, New Mexico; Each figure is shown in dancing pose and is dressed in kilt, and headdress and other articles of clothing or body paint adornment; Two central figures hold arrows in their mouths; Figures are painted in colors of brick red, white, gold, and several shades of blue; Horned sun or moon and star motifs appear overhead; Background is finely spattered to give appearance of gray sand; The following is handwritten in pencil on reverse: “1st fig[ure] from Commanche Gap, 2nd & 3rd [figures from] San Cristobal, 4th[figure from] Boca, Galisteo Basin, N. Mex."; Also written on back in different handwriting: “Joe Herrera No. 9 Four Petroglyph Figures, Price $150.00†| |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 65.8, Length = 50.8 | |
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