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Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0798   CAS 0370-0798; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of three composite and concentric bands in colors of dark blue, orange, green, and purple, alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.4, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 32.6

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0800   CAS 0370-0800; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of three composite and concentric bands in colors of dark blue, purple, and green, alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.5, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 26.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0801   CAS 0370-0801; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of three composite and concentric bands in colors of dark blue, yellow, maroon, and orange, alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 18.7, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 25.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0886   CAS 0370-0886; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of an inner and outer composite, concentric band in colors of dark blue and green, and a central band of alternating black and yellow parallelograms between multiple pairs of framing lines (black, purple, and yellow), all alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 22.9, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 31.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0887   CAS 0370-0887; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark strands; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of an inner and outer composite, concentric band in colors of dark blue, yellow, and purple, and a central band with a yellow zigzag on a dark blue background, all alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 24.4, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 34.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0803   CAS 0370-0803; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of an inner and outer composite, concentric band in colors of purple, orange (?), and dark blue, and a central band with a black zigzag between black framing lines, all alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 22.9, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 30.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0804   CAS 0370-0804; Basketry mat
Category Basketry
Object Name Basketry mat
Culture Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) or Makah
Global Region North America
Country Canada or USA
State/Prov./Dist. British Columbia or Washington
County
Other Geographic Data Western Vancouver Island or Makah Indian Reservation area
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Cedar (Cedrus sp.) bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description Flat oval mat made for use as a hot pad; Warp material is cedar bark and weft material is bear grass leaves; Entire mat is woven in wrapped twining technique; Designs are woven of dyed bear grass leaves and consist of an inner and outer composite, concentric band in colors of dark blue, yellow, and purple, and a central band of alternating light green and yellow parallelograms between light green framing lines, all alternating with plain bands of undyed weft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 21.2, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 26.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0343   CAS 0370-0343; Bowl
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Bowl
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1950s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Miniature round bowl with flat base and rounded, vertical sides and slightly inward-curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Rim and underbody on exterior are slipped deep red and highly polished; Wide band around exterior sides is incised with series of closely spaced diagonal lines and then coated with a tan slip; Bowl is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.0, Rim Diam = 5.4, Max Diam = 6.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0275   CAS 0370-0275; Bowl
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Bowl
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Gregoria Trujillo, Manuelito Trujillo (attributed)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Round bowl with flat base, rounded sides, and inward curving rim; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth and covered with tan slip; Design motifs on exterior of bowl include paired triangles and paired semicircles, whose outer edges are incised and painted white, while the interior portions of the motifs are painted brick-red; Incised line that is also painted white encircles lower body of bowl; Bowl is unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.8, Rim Diam = 9.8, Max Diam = 12.2
Catalog Number CAS 0370-0110   CAS 0370-0110; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Crucita Trujillo (1886-1969)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Micaceous clay
Description Large round jar with flat base, flaring sides, a high and well-defined shoulder, and a very short neck with wide mouth; Exterior and interior only of neck are scraped smooth and lightly polished; Incised zigzag line around shoulder forms two bands of triangles with each row marked by hatching lines running in different directions; Parallel band encircling lower edge of shoulder is marked by parallel diagonally incised lines; Signature "Crucita Trujilla San Juan" is written in pencil on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 19.6, Rim Diam = 12.7, Max Diam = 26.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0114   CAS 0370-0114; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Luteria Atencio (b. ca. 1910)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1957
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Micaceous clay
Description Tall round jar with flat narrow base, rounded sides, very high shoulder and short neck with wide mouth and straight rim; Interior and exterior surfaces are scraped smooth; Interior and exterior of rim and exterior lower body are highly burnished; Wide design band on exterior extending from neck down to midlevel height is divided into 3 horizontal bands of 10 panels each; Panels are alternately decorated with incised designs of parallel diagonal lines and nested V-shapes; Upper and lower bands are similar; Incised designs have been covered with micaceous slip; Signature "Luteria Atencio San Juan Pueblo" is printed in ink on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 26.6, Rim Diam = 13.4, Max Diam = 22.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0339   CAS 0370-0339; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Luberta Garcia
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Small round jar with flat base, flaring sides on underbody, well defined midlevel shoulder, and wide inward sloping neck; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is coated with red slip and highly burnished, except for base; Signature "Luberta Garcia" is written in ink on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.3, Rim Diam = 4.0, Max Diam = 7.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0475   CAS 0370-0475; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Luberta Garcia
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940-1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Small round jar with flat base, flaring sides on lower body, well defined midlevel shoulder, and wide inward sloping neck; Interior and exterior are scraped smooth; Exterior is coated with red slip and highly burnished, except for base, but is otherwise undecorated; Signature "Luberta Garcia" is written in ink on base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.0, Rim Diam = 4.2, Max Diam = 7.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0305   CAS 0370-0305; Jar
Category Pottery; Vessels
Object Name Jar
Culture Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo) or Santa Clara Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Other Geographic Data Okhay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1890-1910
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Clay
Description Round jar with flat base, sides that flare out and upward and then curve inward abruptly forming flat shoulder, and very wide mouth; Interior and exterior surfaces are minimally scraped smooth; Exterior rim is encircled by a wide and very shallow concave band; Band of large concave circles arranged in 6 groups of 3 circles each encircles the edge of the shoulder; Interior and exterior of jar are reduction fired to black color; Jar is unsigned. [Both Joe Ben Wheat (former curator at University of Colorado Museum) and Jerry Brody (former Director of Maxwell Museum, University of New Mexico) looked at this jar in 1981 and identified it as Santa Clara Pueblo rather than Okhay Owingeh.]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 15.5, Rim Diam = 19.0, Max Diam = 26.6
Catalog Number CAS 0370-1128   CAS 0370-1128; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Omaha or Sioux
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Calvin Tyndall (Umpah [Elk]) (died ca. 1970s)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1935-1940
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Painting on white watercolor paper entitled "Gourd Song" showing man with his back to the viewer and seated between two upright curved poles with feathered streamers; Man wears plains-style cloth apron with eagle motif, and beaded or quilled wristlets and armlets, and he holds gourd rattle in each hand; He is flanked by 2 men similarly dressed, shown in full frontal pose; 5 additional men, each in red and blue blanket and seated with heads bowed nearly to the ground form a semicircle around central figure; Arched band overhead with feathered streamers frames the scene; Signature "Um Pah" is printed in black ink just below figures; "The Studio U.S. Indian School Santa Fe, New Mexico" is stamped on reverse. This painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1958 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 38.4, Length = 56.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0687   CAS 0370-0687; Blanket
Category Textiles
Object Name Blanket
Culture Osage or Potawatomi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Oklahoma
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1900
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Felted wool; Satin ribbon
Description Blanket made from single piece of black felted fabric with yellow painted band along long ends; Short ends are raw cut edges; One long edge and half of each short side are trimmed with wide bands of ribbon, machine-sewn into appliqué strips of geometric designs in colors of blue, purple, green, rose, yellow, and pink; Short segments of additional ribbon are sewn along the long end to form short fringe.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 162.0, Length = 156.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0733   CAS 0370-0733; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Paiute
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early to mid 1900s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots
Description Small round basket with flat base and rounded sides with slightly in-curved rim, woven in coiling technique over 3-rod foundation; Warp material is whole peeled willow shoots and primary weft material is peeled and split willow shoots; Designs are woven of brown springtime peeled willow shoots and consist of a terraced geometric motif that is inconsistently repeated numerous times in various forms and segments thereof in a single band around upper sides.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.7, Rim Diam = 12.2, Max Diam = 12.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0740   CAS 0370-0740; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Paiute
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Joshua tree roots
Description Slightly oval shaped bowl with flat base and gently rounded sides; Coiled on 3-rod foundation; Designs are in dyed willow and include band of small terraced solid diamonds around lower sides and wide band around upper sides of open diamonds arranged in 4 groups of 2 or 3 motifs each, all between upper and lower framing lines. [In 1980, basket specialist Bruce Bernstein (Wheelwright Museum, National Museum of the American Indian) tentatively identified this basket as “probably from the Panamint-Shoshone area.”]
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.5, Max Diam = 22.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0771   CAS 0370-0771; Winnowing basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Winnowing basket
Culture Paiute
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Nevada
County
Other Geographic Data Community: Walker River
Maker's Name Julia Williams
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots and roots; Wire
Description Scoop shaped winnowing basket with heavy wire rim; Shallow basket expands outward from its tapered proximal end to its maximum width before tapering inward again near the distal end which is squared off; Basket is woven entirely in openwork, plain twining and is completely undecorated.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 5.6, Width = 29.3, Length = 37.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0370-0781   CAS 0370-0781; Basket water jar
Category Basketry; Vessels
Object Name Basket water jar
Culture Paiute
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California, Nevada
County Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, CA, Douglas, Mineral, NV
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Aniline dyes; Native cordage
Description Water jar basket with flat base, high tapering shoulder and short, narrow neck; Woven primarily in diagonal twining with 3-strand twining on base; Rim is coil-wrapped; 2 shoulder handles of 4 loops of 2-ply native cordage are joined by single length of cordage; Designs on basket consists of 3 bands of dyed red willow on natural willow background, all on spring-peeled willow background.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 20.5, Rim Diam = 3.6, Max Diam = 15.1
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