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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0201 | ![]() |
Category | Tools & Implements | |
Object Name | Mano | |
Culture | Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), possibly | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, possibly | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | ||
Date of Manufacture | ||
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Stone | |
Description | ||
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 9.7, Thickness = 4.1, Length = 13.2 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0130A,B | ![]() |
Category | Tools & Implements | |
Object Name | Mano and metate | |
Culture | unidentified Native American (Southwest Indian?) | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | Southwest US ? | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | unknown | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Stone | |
Description | A: 2-handed rectangular mano; B; Large rectangular slab metate with well-worn concave grinding surface. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = A=8.0; B=27.0, Thickness = A=3.5; B=3.5, Length = A=36.3; B=37.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0454 | ![]() |
Category | Tools & Implements | |
Object Name | Pipe | |
Culture | Haida | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | Canada | |
State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Argillite; Ivory; Metal: Steel nail | |
Description | 3-dimensionally carved pipe whose bowl is in the form of a decapitated human in seated position, shown holding its own head in its arms; Seated behind the human and facing the person smoking the pipe is a seated eagle holding a fish, followed by a seated bear with its front paws resting on the eagle's neck; Seated behind the bear but facing away from the person smoking the pipe is an orca; Short cylindrical ivory piece whose center is filled with unidentified black substance is attached to proximal end of short cylindrical pipe stem with steel nail. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.5, Width = 3.6, Length = 27.4 |
Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0630 | ![]() |
Category | Tools & Implements | |
Object Name | Quirt | |
Culture | Apache | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1920 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Horsehair; Leather; String | |
Description | Quirt fashioned from cloth-wrapped (?) rod with short leather loop extending from distal end end looped carrying strap of braided (red and black) horsehair at proximal end; Entire shaft of quirt is covered with dyed (red) and natural (white and black) horsehair that is coiled over indeterminate foundation; Design of parallel vertical zigzags is repeated at top and bottom; Bundle of white horsehair fringe is positioned in center. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 2.1, Length = 32.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0177 | ![]() |
Category | Tools & Implements | |
Object Name | Shaft abrader | |
Culture | unidentified Native American (California Indian?) | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California, possibly | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1800s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Stone | |
Description | Fist-sized round flattened rock with a narrow U-shaped grove across one face that was used to smooth the surface of an arrow shaft by rubbing the stone along the length of the shaft, thereby removing any imperfections so the arrow would fly straight. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.7, Thickness = 1.8, Length = 5.2 |
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 |
Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1225 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Carved panel | |
Culture | Haida (Aleut*) | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | Canada (USA*) | |
State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia (Alaska*) | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | Town: Sitka; Mt. Edgecumbe School* | |
Maker's Name | Andy Kochergin (1934-1965) | |
Date of Manufacture | 1952 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Cedar (Cedrus sp.) panel; Varnish | |
Description | Untitled low relief carving on a large cedar panel (2 cedar planks joined down the center) depicting a dogfish (shark) image, shown in bisected, X-ray technique; Image incorporates a human face within the shark's body; This image was copied (albeit as mirror image) after an 1897 drawing done by Charles Edenshaw for anthropologist Franz Boas (originally published in 1905 by John R. Swanton in Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VIII, Part 1 - Contributions of the Ethnology of the Haida, Plate XXI [reprinted from V, Part 1 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1905]); Front and sides of panel are varnished, but otherwise panel is in natural unpainted state; Artist's signature, "Andy Kochergin" is written in script in pencil on reverse. NOTE: Andy Kochergin was himself an Aleut, from Alaska and produced this carving of a Haida image while he was enrolled at the Mt. Edgecumbe School in Sitka, AK. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 57.3, Length = 89.0 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 0370-1178 | ![]() |
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 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0918 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Hopi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
County | Navajo | |
Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
Maker's Name | Vaughn Saufkie (b. 1942) | |
Date of Manufacture | 1954 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Pastel chalk on paper | |
Description | Drawing entitled "Bird", depicting stylized image of single bird in flight, drawn in colors of red, blue, and green against a red and blue background; Drawing is unsigned. Vaughn Saufkie's father was Hopi silversmith, Paul Saufki, also respresented in the CAS collection.e. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.4, Length = 22.8 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0998 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955-1961 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Caribou hide; Ink | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo woman dressed in parka and shown in full frontal view from waist level up, carrying small child in the hood of her parka; Inverted kayak on rack is shown in background at left and an empty storage platform on the right; Small clouds fill the gray sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner and "Reindeer Skin" is printed in lower right corner. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.5, Length = 10.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0999 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955-1961 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Seal skin; Ink; Cigarette ashes | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting group of nine Eskimo all dressed in hooded parkas and mukluks and gathered in circle holding skin on blanket on which they are tossing 10th person into air; Rack of drying meat is in left background and inverted skin boat is in right foreground; Ice floes are shown in distant background against cloud and bird-filled sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner and "Seal Skin" is printed in lower right corner. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.5, Length = 10.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1000 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955-1961 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Seal skin; Ink; Cigarette ashes | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and kneeling beside a kayak and aiming a harpoon gun at a seal in the water; Harpoon spear, oar, and dead seal lie in foreground; Ice floes surround area of open water and clouds fill the gray sky; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner and "Seal Skin" is printed in lower right corner. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.5, Length = 10.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1001 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955-1961 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Caribou (?) hide; Ink; Cigarette ashes | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing on sealskin depicting team of 7 dogs pulling sled on which kayak is loaded, guided by Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka; Dog team and sled are shown coming around a pile of ice chunks, with additional ice floes in background and several linear clouds overhead; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower right corner. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.3, Length = 10.6 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1002 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | George Aden Ahgupuk (1911-2001) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955-1961 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Caribou (?) hide; Ink; Cigarette ashes | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing depicting Eskimo man on sled being pulled across winter landscape by single caribou; Snow covered hills are shown in background and several short grasses are shown in foreground; Dog follows behind sled; Signature "Ahgupuk" is printed in lower left corner. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.3, Length = 10.3 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1004 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | Robert Mayokok (1903-1983) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Ink; Paper | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man and woman shown in full frontal view standing next to each other and dancing while facing 3 seated individuals, each with his or her back to the viewer and each playing a round hand-held drum; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. (See CAS 0370-1007 for similar subject.) | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1005 | ![]() |
Category | Visual Arts | |
Object Name | Drawing | |
Culture | Inupiat | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Anchorage | |
Other Geographic Data | City: Anchorage | |
Maker's Name | Robert Mayokok (1903-1983) | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Paper; Ink | |
Description | Untitled pen and ink drawing on white paper depicting Eskimo man armed with spear and approaching polar bear which is holding a seal carcass under its paw; Dog is also approaching from background; Snow drifts are shown in foreground and background; Signature "Robert Mayokok" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.3, Length = 12.7 |
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