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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1241 | |
| 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 | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting male and female dancers from Navajo Feather Dance; Woman is wearing long black skirt and orange kilt with deep red blouse; Man is wearing black kilt and his body is painted with white dots; Both dancers carry turkey and eagle feather fans in their hands and both wear brown fur collars and conical hats with brown fur brims and plumes of eagle feather down; Dancers are shown against plain background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in black ink near lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 41.5, Length = 48.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1243 |  |
| 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 | Quincy Tahoma (ca. 1920-1956) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1941 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on gray-brown construction paper entitled "Fire Dance", depicting two Navajo Night Chant dancers encircling large bonfire from which a huge and highly stylized smoke column rises; Dancers wear only breechclouts and have their bodies painted with clay; Dancers brandish flaming torches; Signature "Tahoma 1941" is printed in black paint in lower right corner, beneath a miniature silhouette showing the two dancers; Written on reverse is the following, "Fire Dance, by Quincy Tahoma, Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, price $10.00." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 40.8, Length = 57.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1244 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Taos | |
| Other Geographic Data | Picuris Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Gerald Nailor (Toy Yah, Toh Ya) (1917-1952) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1937 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on heavy paper | |
| Description | Painting on heavy white paper entitled "Antelope Hunt" depicting two Navajo men on pinto horses chasing 3 antelope; Both men are dressed in high moccasins and breechclouts; One man carries a long spear while the other carries a knife; The antelope are all posed leaping in unison while looking back at the horses and riders; Stylized plants are in the foreground and in the left background; Entire scene is painted in earth tones against plain white background; Signature "Gerald Nailor '37" is printed in salmon-colored paint in lower right corner; Artist's name, tribal affiliation, age (19) and title are written in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 38.1, Length = 43.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1230 |  |
| 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 | 1958 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on pebble board | |
| Description | Painting entitled "Navajo Card Game" depicting a woman and 3 men seated in circle on ground and playing game of cards, using Navajo saddle blanket as card table and jewelry items (bracelets, belts, ketoh, concha belts) as wagers; 4th man is asleep in foreground; Overall scene is painted in shades of grays and browns on plain white background; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 60.7, Length = 45.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1232 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Community: Window Rock | |
| Maker's Name | Al Hicks | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1964 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on matboard | |
| Description | Untitled painting on black mat board depicting Navajo woman dressed in rust colored blouse and long pleated skirt, riding blue-gray, high-stepping pinto horse; Woman carries possible prayer stick or bundle of rabbitbrush flowers; Sparse landscape is depicted by several stylized yucca plants in center foreground and several rocky spires in left background; Signature "Al Hicks 1964 (Navajo)" is printed in white paint just below center foreground. Al Hicks was brother of Navajo artist, Bobby Hicks. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 81.2, Length = 50.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1217 |  |
| 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 watercolor paper | |
| Description | Painting on brown watercolor paper entitled "Warriors on Horseback" depicting 2 Navajo warriors on horses riding over the crest of a low hill; One rider has just reached the crest while the second is still largely hidden behind the hill; Both warriors wear buckskin shirts and war caps with eagle feathers atop them and both carry a bow and quiver of arrows on their backs; Landscape is depicted in stylized manner in colors of blue and orange against plain background; Signature “Beatien Yazz†is printed in black paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 64.7, Length = 47.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0919 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Maricopa | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Phoenix | |
| Maker's Name | hazel J. W. (?) or Charley Peshlakai (?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on black construction paper entitled "Indian Symbol" depicting stylized outline image of thunderbird with outstretched wings and spread tail; Figure is painted in white against a plain black background; Signature "Hazel J.W." is printed in white paint in lower left corner; Painting is glued to white poster board, on the back of which is written "Charley Peshlakai, Phoenix Indian Sch., (L. Wyman, Teacher)" [Leland Wyman]. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.0, Length = 29.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0927 |  |
| 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 construction paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on purple construction paper depicting single light blue fawn leaping over several stylized blue snakeweed (?) plants that appear to be growing out of brown rocks; Signature "Beatien Yazz" along with copyright symbol are printed in orange paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.4, Length = 22.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0930 |  |
| 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. 1934-1936 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "Navajo Children Before a Campfire", depicting Navajo man kneeling and 2 young Navajo women standing by campfire; Man dressed in gray jeans and rust-colored shirt; Woman on left dressed in blue skirt and blouse and red and tan striped blanket; Woman on right dressed in green skirt, rust-colored blouse, and gray and blue striped blanket; Several stylized plants are interspersed among figures, but overall there is little attempt at perspective; Signature "H. Begays" (sic) is printed in pencil in lower right corner; Artist's name, tribe, and title of painting are handwritten on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 16.8, Length = 18.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0931 |  |
| 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 unsized cardboard | |
| Description | Untitled painting on cardboard depicting single buffalo shown standing and in left profile looking up toward blue horned sun in upper left corner; 3 rays of light radiate down from sun; Buffalo has bear-like face and stands on horizon line made of small yellow crescent shapes; Horizon line terminates in terraced arrow and stylized plant; 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 = 30.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0972 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting Navajo man pulling pine tree; Man is pulling on reins to direct black mule to pull on chain that is wrapped around trunk of tree; Shovel, pick, and axe lie at base of tree and barbed wire fence is in foreground; Subjects are shown against plain white background with very little attempt at perspective; 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 = 31.4, Length = 25.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0973 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting dance scene, including standing Navajo man at left playing drum, seated pueblo man in center, and pueblo dancer at right wearing elaborate headdress with blue bird mounted at top; Figures are set against plain background with no attempt at perspective; 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 = 34.5, Length = 26.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0974 |  |
| 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. 1946 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on red construction paper showing young deer leaping over wide-leafed yucca plant; Scene is set against plain background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 24.2, Length = 18.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0966 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on gray-green construction paper depicting Navajo man leaning against pine tree with his bow and arrows in his lap and asleep, while doe and buck graze nearby; Several multi-colored mountain peaks are shown in 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 = 29.0, Length = 22.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0967 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on brown wrapping paper depicting white mare in foreground with yellow colt (?) behind and to the right; Row of 3 mountain peaks are in background with 2 birds in flight between the peaks; Horses and mountains are set against plain backgrounds with only minimal attempt at perspective; 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 = 28.9, Length = 21.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0968 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on illustration board | |
| Description | Untitled painting on lightweight white cardboard showing single Navajo yei (deity) figure whose body is painted entirely blue; Figure is dressed in kilt, sash belt, garters, and moccasins and ribbons hang down from his wrists and elbows on his outstretched hands; Figure is shown against plain white background; Painting is unsigned. Attribution to Little Shorty made by Jerry Brody (former director of Maxwell Museum, Albuquerque, NM). According to Sallie Lippincott Wagner, who operated Wide Ruins Trading Post in the 1930s and 1940s, when Little Shorty was active, this attribution is unlikely: the style of this painting seems rather refined in comparison to other works by Little Shorty. 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 = 19.0, Length = 26.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0969 |  |
| 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. 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on brown paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on brown paper depicting yellow male goat and gray female goat with kid wandering through a hilly landscape; Large peak and 2 pine trees depicted in foreground and several low hills and one bare-leafed tree in 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 = 29.1, Length = 22.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0970 |  |
| 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 | 1961 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on illustration board | |
| Description | Painting on white illustration board entitled "Little Spotted Skunk" depicting three different full-body views of a black skunk with tan stripes; Several stylized plants are interspersed among the skunks and blue and salmon-colored rainbow bar borders top and upper sides of painting; Signature "H. Begay" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; Title "Lilte (sic) Spotted Skunk" is handwritten in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 14.6, Length = 16.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0007 |  |
| 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 | 1958 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on watercolor paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "Changeable Wolf Man" depicting scene from Navajo mythology showing woman mounting black horse while man wearing wolf skin tries to grab her from lower left corner; Horned moon symbol appears in upper left corner, with tree along right background and highly stylized rocks in foreground; Signature "Ha-So-De" is printed in black ink (overwritten in blue ink) in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 56.2, Length = 76.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0391 |  |
| 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. 1940 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white watercolor paper, designed as a bookmark; Painting depicts Navajo silver concho belt consisting of 3 oval conchos and 2 rectangular spacers, the latter set with turquoise stone in center; Images are drawn in pencil and then painted in gray and blue watercolors; Painting is unsigned, but inscribed on reverse (presumably by Ruth C. Elkus) "A bookmark from Jimmy to Chip [Charles De Young Elkus]." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.2, Length = 22.3 | |
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