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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 0370-1067 |  |
| 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 0370-1049 |  |
| 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 0370-1042 |  |
| 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 0370-1040 |  |
| 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 | |
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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 0370-1125 |  |
| 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 0370-1138 |  |
| 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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