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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1246 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Kiowa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on tan paper depicting male dancer shown in right profile, bent at waist and knees, standing on left foot and with arms hanging down in front; Dancer is dressed in moccasins, breechclout with brown apron and buffalo tail in back; And buffalo headdress with eagle plumes on back; Human hand print is painted on dancer's upper chest and his shoulders and upper arms appear to be painted white with two concentric red circles; A rope encircles his torso and trails behind him; In his hands he carries a green staff; Signature "Tsa' To' Ke" is printed in brown paint in lower left corner. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1948 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.9, Length = 32.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1248 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Kiowa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | James Auchiah (1906-1974) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1930 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on tan-colored paper depicting Kiowa funeral procession; 2 men dressed in moccasins, buckskin pants with cloth aprons, and buckskin coats carry deceased child's body on stretcher, wrapped in buffalo skin; Beaded moccasins of child protrude from beneath hide; Procession is led by man wearing blue pants and black shoulder blanket and carrying pipe in beaded pipe bag; Woman dressed in black dress and carrying gray and red striped blanket follows group; Signature "Auchiah - 30" is printed in black paint in lower right corner. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in January 1942. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 36.4, Length = 23.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1249 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Kiowa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on poster board | |
| Description | Untitled painting on thin tan-colored board depicting 3 Plains Indian warriors, all shown standing and looking to the left; Figure on left is shown in 3/4 frontal pose, dressed in moccasins, blue and tan leggings or pants, and yellow shoulder blanket, and headdress of 5 eagle plumes; In right hand he carries yellow shield with red ribbons at sides and white fringe along base; Center figure has back to viewer and wears moccasins, pink and tan leggings or pants, and painted hide robe; He carries bow and quiver of arrows on his back; 3rd figure wears moccasins, tan buckskin or pants, and white shoulder blanket and carries shield on his back; Signature "Tsa-To-Ke" is printed in blue ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.0, Length = 28.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1250 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Kiowa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Monroe Tsatoke (Tsa Toke, Tsa To Ke) (1904-1937) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on poster board | |
| Description | Painting on thin tan-colored board entitled "Dance of the Eagle Clan" depicting 3 male dancers, each shown in left profile, bent at the knees and waist and standing in mid-stride; Each dancer wear breechclout with apron in front and back, and roach with 3 eagle plumes in their hair; Lead dancer also wears ankle rattles; Each carries eagle plume in each hand; Signature "Tsa Toke" is printed in blue pencil in lower right corner; "Dance of the Eagle Clan by Monroe Tsatoke" is written in ink on reverse. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in January 1942. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1935 as their annual holiday card. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 37.2, Length = 25.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1103 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Mescalero Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Otero | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Mescalero | |
| Maker's Name | Florence Bigrope (b. 1961) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1966 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paint on paper | |
| Description | Finger painting on white paper entitled "It's Me" depicting outline of human face with spiked hairstyle; Painting is done entire in orange paint; Painting is unsigned. Original catalog card reads, “Artist born 1961; painting done in kindergarten class at Mescalero Elementary School, teacher was J. Adams.†| |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 60.3, Length = 42.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1049 |  |
| 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 | February 1943 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink and watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting flat hillside bisected by an arroyo; On left side of hill are 3 small flowering plants with red, blue, and yellow flowers, a wide-leafed yucca, and a squirrel sitting beneath a small but bushy tree; On right side is a pronghorn antelope, a stylized plant, and a juniper tree in background; Ground surface is painted purple on right side of hill; Brown sides of hill are steeply eroded and very stylized plants grow at base of right side while 3 large blue rocks (?) form base of left side; Blue bird and butterfly fly overhead; All figures are outlined in yellow; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 45.7, Length = 30.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1067 |  |
| 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 | Little Shorty (ca. 1895-1980) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1945 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting man chopping tree down; Bobcat (?) is standing on an upper branch of the tree; Highly stylized, multi-colored rock (?) formation is depicted in left foreground, all against plain white background; Painting is unsigned. Little Shorty was Jimmy Toddy’s (Beatien Yazz) uncle and the father of Philip Shorty. He was a lifelong resident of Wide Ruins and painted briefly ca. 1947-1950. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.5, Length = 26.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1107 |  |
| 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. 1943-1946 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting depicting 3 prairie dogs scampering atop a low mound and beneath 3 highly stylized rabbitbrush or snake weed plants that are in full bloom with yellow flowers, all shown against plain white background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 48.1, Length = 37.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1108 |  |
| 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 | 28 October 1946 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white watercolor paper, depicting Navajo woman (shown in left profile) wearing red skirt and maroon blouse and carrying bucket of water as she walks; In front of her is a black and white dog that is jumping up, trying to retrieve a stick held in the woman's hand; Woman and dog walk along a barren landscape strewn with stylized rocks (?) and a single green and yellow rabbitbrush plant; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in gray-brown paint in lower left corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil upper left corner on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 45.4, Length = 37.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1109 |  |
| 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. 1947 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting Navajo man seated by fire (in bucket) and holding bellows in his hands; Silversmithing tools and completed pieces of jewelry are laid out on the ground and on a blanket next to him; A log stump with an anvil mounted atop it and a wooden bench are located to the right of the painting, while a second log stump with anvil is located in the background, along with a notched log; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black ink near lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 56.4, Length = 31.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1115 |  |
| 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. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on mat board | |
| Description | Untitled painting on black mat board depicting Navajo Yei-bi-chai dance, performed as part of the Nightway ceremony; Four unmasked Yei dancers (Navajos impersonating deities) are shown dancing by a small campfire, while standing Navajos wrapped in blankets observe in the foreground and background; All figures are depicted in an outlined format with very little detail; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white ink near center bottom of painting. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 38.4, Length = 53.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1112 |  |
| 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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1113 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Bernalillo | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Albuquerque | |
| Maker's Name | Richard Kee Yazzie (Hosh Be) (b. 1944) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein and watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "Coming Back Home", depicting Navajo warrior riding high-stepping horse across low hill; Monument valley-type rock formations and stylized shrubs in background; Painting is unsigned, but artist's name, title, “Grade 10, Albuquerque Indian School, and price $20.00†are written on reverse, along with notation that painting was done with Q-tips; Stamped on reverse is "Made at Indian School, Albuquerque." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 38.4, Length = 28.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1119 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on board | |
| Description | Painting on white poster board entitled "Twin Fawns Racing Under Rainbow", depicting pair of fawns leaping in front of stylized bush; Arching over them is a protective rainbow Yei, colored half pink and half blue; Background of painting is plain white; Signature "Harrison Begay" is printed in blue-gray paint near lower right corner; Written in pencil on reverse is "Twin Fawn and Rainbow, Twin Fawn Racing Under Rainbow, by Harrison Begay, Navajo Artist." Possibly, this painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1959 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 38.1, Length = 31.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1136 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Fort Defiance | |
| Maker's Name | Bobby Hicks (b. 1934) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on watercolor paper | |
| Description | Painting entitled "Peyote Dream" depicting a monument valley landscape in very bright colors of green, yellow, orange, blue, and pink and painted in a very contemporary style; Signature "Bobby Hicks" is printed in lower right corner in black paint, outlined in white paint; Painting is mounted in window mat of black illustration board, whose window is outlined in white paint and on whose lower panel is printed the title, "Peyote Dream" in white paint. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 71.5, Length = 56.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1130 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Santa Fe | |
| Maker's Name | Keats Begay (1922-1987) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1936 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on heavy white paper entitled "Navajo Sandpainting", depicting stylized rendition of Navajo ceremonial sand painting used in both the nightway and featherway chants; Pair of crossed logs each holds pair of Yei (deity) figures at each end with four sacred plants (corn, beans, squash, tobacco); Painting is flanked by two figures of B'ganaskiddy (also known as Hump-backed Yei or God of Plenty) shown here as a guardian figure; Signature "K. Begay 36" is printed in red and blue paint near lower right corner; Handwritten in pencil on reverse is "Navajo Sandpaint by Keats Begay"; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 55.3, Length = 39.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1125 |  |
| 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. mid 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting grizzly bear attacking buffalo atop rounded hill covered with tufts of grass; Bear is shown atop the buffalo's back, sinking its claws into buffalo's shoulder and side of face; Buffalo is standing on its hind legs trying to throw bear off; Buffalo skull is partially shown to the right; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 42.1, Length = 38.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1126 |  |
| 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. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on gray mat board entitled "Navajo & Family on Horse Going to a Sing", depicting Navajo man and woman, each on spirited brown horses, riding toward right edge of painting; Man is dressed in high moccasins and buckskin pants and shirt; Woman is dressed in moccasins and woven black dress; Positioned behind woman is baby in cradleboard adorned with silver conchas and secured with tumpline around woman's forehead; Stylized grass in foreground is painted red; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white paint near lower right corner; Title is written in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 68.4, Length = 45.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1122 |  |
| 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. 1955-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white sketch pad paper depicting Navajo man on brown pinto horse about to spear a buffalo; The shirtless hunter is wearing a leather and silver bow guard and a feathered cap topped with eagle plumes; Man’s hair is bright blue, as are the buffalo's horns, nose, eyes and hoofs; Painting is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.3, Length = 42.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1148 |  |
| 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. 1953-1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | White opaque watercolor on black board | |
| Description | Untitled painting on black mat board showing a Navajo woman standing aboard a wagon being pulled by a pair of donkeys; Loaded on the rear of the wagon is a large wooden water barrel; Entire scene is painted in white paint against plain black background; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white paint near lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 50.4, Length = 38.2 | |
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