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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 0370-1038 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Rio Grande Pueblo (?) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Linland Chu Kaichi (?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tempera on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting row of 3 corn stalks in field with mounds of beans planted between them; 3 ducks walk in foreground among 2 watermelons (?) and other low plants; Overhead are 7 stylized birds in flight, 3 rain cloud motifs, and large sun image; Signature "Chu Kaichi, Linland" is printed in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 29.3, Length = 36.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1039 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Etching | |
| Culture | Creek, Potawatomi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paper; Ink | |
| Description | Etching on white paper entitled "Horse and Colt" depicting mare grazing on sparse grass while her spotted colt stands by her side; Horses are flanked by pair of scraggly pine trees; Low hills are pictured in background; Scene is printed in shades of gray; "Horse and Colt by Woody Crumbo" is printed in pencil along bottom border of print. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.3, Length = 14.2 | |
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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 0370-1041 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Etching | |
| Culture | Creek, Potawatomi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Crumbo, Sr. (1912-1989) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paper; Ink | |
| Description | Etching on white paper entitled "Deer and Moon", depicting young fawn backlit by a full moon; Stylized plants frame the scene along the left and bottom edges; Scene is printed in shades of gray; "Deer and Moon by Woody Crumbo" is printed in pencil along bottom border of print. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 14.3, Length = 18.8 | |
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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 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1043 |  |
| 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 | Lee Tsatoke (1929-1986) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white watercolor paper depicting single Kiowa man, shown in left profile, standing on his right foot and slightly bent at the knees; Man wears moccasins with tin cone tinklers, buckskin pants with side fringe; Woven garters, buckskin shirt with fringe, red fabric aprons on front and back, pink shoulder blanket, and brown fur cap; His hair is pulled into 2 side pony tails and wrapped in brown fur; He carries feather fan in left hand and tin rattle with feathers at top in right hand; Signature "Lee Tsatoke" is printed in blue ink just below figure. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.2, Length = 44.9 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1044 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | San Carlos Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Graham | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Daniel Nash (b. ca. 1920s) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "San Carlos Apache Crown Dancer" depicting male Gan or Crown Dancer, shown in full frontal pose, standing on both feet, bent at knees and waist with arms outstretched; Figure wears moccasins, buckskin skirt, and black cloth head and face mask with cross-like crown of white wooden slats painted with eagle and other geometric designs; Dancer's forearms and shoulders are painted black and chest is painted with white geometric design; Long red streams trails from his upper arms and her carries white wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Daniel Nash" is written in gray paint in lower right corner; "San Carlos Apache Crown Dancer" is printed in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 21.7, Length = 31.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1045 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Sandoval | |
| Other Geographic Data | Cochiti Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Ben Quintana (Ha A Tee) (1923-1944) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1938 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white poster board entitled "Cochiti Dancer" depicting single pueblo man dressed in moccasins, white pants with red and blue polka dots,turtle shell leg rattle, red shirt, and woven sash belt, shown in left profile and in dancing pose with right leg drawn up; Man carries spruce bough in left hand and gourd rattle in right hand; Signature "Ben" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; "Cochiti Dancer, Ben Quintana Cochiti Pueblo, [$]2.00" is printed in blue pencil on reverse; "The Studio, U.S. Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is imprinted twice on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 25.4, Length = 35.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1046 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Rio Arriba | |
| Other Geographic Data | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque tempera on paper | |
| Description | Painting entitled "Sun Dancer" depicting single male dancer wearing black vest and breechclout with floral pattern, beaded and fringed wristbands, beaded or painted moccasins with fringes, large feathered rosettes on upper arms, elaborate feathered head dress, and string of bells trailing from his waist; Signature "Tsan Pablita Velarde" is printed near lower right corner. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.2, Length = 25.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1047 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting ("Mother and Child") | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | San Francisco | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: San Francisco | |
| Maker's Name | R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | India ink and watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Pen and ink and watercolor drawing entitled "Mother and Child" depicting Navajo woman, shown from waste up, cradling infant in her arms; Figures are sketched loosely in black ink and painted in flat wash of blue and purple watercolors, all against a watercolor wash in same colors; Signature "R.C. Gorman" is printed in black ink below woman's right hand. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 27.6, Length = 37.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1048 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Rio Arriba | |
| Other Geographic Data | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh) (1943-1984) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1956 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on black mat board entitled "Apache Crown Dancer", depicting single male dancer wearing brown leather kilt and moccasins and black cloth head and face mask, surmounted by white feathers and carved wooden horns; Dancer's upper body is painted pale blue with red cross symbol on his chest and he carries carved sword in each upraised hand; Signature "Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh" is printed in white paint in lower right corner. Helen Hardin is the daughter of Pablita Velarde, whose paintings are also represented in the CAS painting collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 20.3, Length = 30.5 | |
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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 0370-1050 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Etching | |
| 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 | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Untitled etching on cream-colored paper depicting single fawn walking in deep, wind-driven snow among several gnarled and bare juniper trees; Etching is printed in shades of black and gray; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border beneath lower right corner of etching. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 18.6, Length = 26.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1051 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Etching | |
| 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 | 1949 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Aquatint etching on very thin white paper entitled "Blue Horse", depicting figure of blue horse with its head held high and looking back, standing on patch of bare red ground and next to wide-leafed yucca plant; Spire rock formations are at left in background and sky is partially colored blue; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is handwritten in pencil in border just below lower right corner of etching. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 31.6, Length = 25.7 | |
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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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