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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1138 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Gallup | |
| Maker's Name | Narciso Platero Abeyta (Ha So Deh, Ha So De) (1918-1998) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1939 (revised 1959) | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on heavy pink-colored watercolor paper entitled "The Sun Carrier" depicting one of the Navajo warrior twins carrying a shield with a sun face while riding a white horse across a rainbow arch at the base of the painting; Four stylized plants, each painted in one of the four Navajo sacred colors (black, yellow [gold], white, and blue) seem to sprout from the arch; Signature "Ha-So-Deh" printed in yellow paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.3, Length = 42.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1139 |  |
| 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. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on green mat board, entitled "The Eclipse", depicting elder Navajo man dressed in gray jeans and green shirt riding brown and gray pinto horse; Man's hair is disheveled and his bent over position suggests exhaustion, as does slow gait of horse; Overhead is image of horned sun, painted in various shades of gray, with gray rays of light extending downward; Stylized landscape line is painted in shades of gray; Signature "Beatian Yazz" (with copyright symbol) is printed in gray paint in lower right corner; Title is written in pencil on reverse in upper left corner; Entire painting is framed by narrow pink line. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 55.7, Length = 71.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1145 |  |
| 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 | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Untitled painting on black mat board depicting two young Navajo men riding their horses toward right edge of painting; Lead rider is on gray pinto horse and is dressed in gray jeans and brown shirt and is playing Navajo pottery drum; Second rider is on salmon-colored pinto horse is is dressed in gray jeans and blue shirt; Stylized plants are in foreground; Navajo Yei (deity) figure streaks across sky in background, and small bird in flight arches across sky in upper left quadrant; Signature "Robert Chee" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 76.9, Length = 50.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1146 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | San Juan | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Shiprock | |
| Maker's Name | Charles Lee (Charlie Lee, Yel Ha Yah, Hush Ka Yel Ha Ya) (b. 1926) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on buff paper | |
| Description | Painting on beige construction paper entitled "Going to a Sing", depicting 4 young Navajo men riding galloping pinto horses; Each man is dressed in jeans, shirt, moccasins, and headband; Monument valley-type rock formations and stylized clouds are in background; Stylized yucca plants are in foreground; Signature "Yel-Ha-Yah '50" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Written on reverse is the following: "Title 'Going to a Sing' 4 riders, by Charlie Lee Yel-Ha-Yah '50, Gallup, N. Mex. c/o Perea." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 46.4, Length = 32.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1042 |  |
| 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 white paper depicting two wild turkeys standing in deep snow, with orange trees or shrubs in the background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 14.3, Length = 14.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1052 |  |
| 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 | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on gray-brown construction paper depicting standing buck and reclining doe deer on barren landscape; Two erosion cuts in the hillside behind the deer indicates the deer's position on a low bluff and reveals the multi-colored (gray, rust brown, gold, and white) layering of the underlying soils, in stark contrast to the drab gray-brown of the surrounding landscape; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in lower center on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 45.1, Length = 30.2 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1053 |  |
| 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 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1054 |  |
| 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 | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting standing Navajo man dressed in black pants, red shirt, and yellow shoulder blanket; Multi-colored scarf is tied at side of man's head around and pair of eagle feathers are mounted behind his head; Figure is set against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.5, Length = 45.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1055 |  |
| 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 | 07 January 1947 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting brown bear with its head held high, walking through stand of low shrubs, toward left edge of painting; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 28.7, Length = 17.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1056 |  |
| 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. early 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting single image of a Navajo man impersonating Talking God, the principal Navajo deity, as he appears in numerous Navajo ceremonies and dances; Figure is dressed in black pants, rust-colored shirt, white deerskin cape with spruce bough neck ruff, and white leather face mask with crown of 12 eagle feathers; Figure is set against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.0, Length = 30.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1040 |  |
| 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. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on blue construction paper depicting silhouettes of doe and buck deer standing beneath leafless tree atop snow covered hill; Single owl is perched in tree; Entire scene is seemingly lit by moonlight; Signature "B. Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 17.7, Length = 22.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1035 |  |
| 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 | Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1938 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "Navajo Circle Dance," depicting group of Navajo men dancing in circle with their arms interlocked; All men are dressed in moccasins, jeans or calico pants, shirts, and either headband or wide-brimmed hat; Most men wear silver concho belts; Man in center of circle is playing Navajo pottery drum; Several stylized plants are in foreground and at sides; Signature "H. Begay" is very faintly painted in gray paint near lower right corner (second signature "Harrison Begay" written in pencil in lower right corner has been erased); Artist's name, tribe, and title of painting are handwritten in pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 34.6, Length = 27.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1036 |  |
| 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. early 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting pair of brown squirrels positioned amid blue-green pine boughs; One of the squirrels is in a crouching position and the other is sitting half upright while eating a pine nut; Signature "Beatien Yazz" with copyright symbol is printed in black paint near lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 15.2, Length = 17.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1037 |  |
| 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 | 1946 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting side view black and white pinto horse sprinting across low green hill; Pair of orange and yellow flowers are in front of and behind horse; Stylized blue and yellow cloud (?) frames horse; Scene is set against plain white background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in orange paint near lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.0, Length = 17.8 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1027 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on cream-colored paper depicting rust-colored colt standing in deep snow with its head lowered and its back turned to the wind; Directly behind it are several snow-covered rocks (?) and bare-leaved shrubs; Signature "Beatian Yazz" along with copyright symbol are printed in brown paint just beneath the rocks. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 24.9, Length = 33.3 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0979 |  |
| 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 | Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on heavy white paper depicting Navajo woman dressed in red skirt and green blouse, standing next to loom from which she is removing a just-completed banded Navajo rug in colors of red, white, and gray; Entire scene is set against a plain white background; Signature "Begay" is printed in light brown paint near lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.2, Length = 15.3 |
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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 0370-1202 |  |
| 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 0370-1205 |  |
| 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 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1239 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona, New Mexico | |
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| Maker's Name | Mrs. Armer? | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s to 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on brown paper | |
| Description | Painting of sand painting from Navajo Windway Chant, depicting 4 male Windway people shown in line in full frontal view, each one painted one of the four sacred colors (black, blue, yellow, and white); A rainbow Yei guardian figure surrounds the Windway people on 3 sides, and the entire painting is protected by 2 small guardian figures at the top. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 81.8, Length = 58.3 | |
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