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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1228 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| 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. 1942 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on white paper depicting 3 Plains Indian fancy dancers; Figures at left and right are shown in left and right profiles, respectively and are mirror images of each other; Each wears beaded moccasins, wristlets, and vest, feathered rosettes on both knees and both upper arms, breechclout with pair of long red streams, eagle feather bustle, and blue head cap with rainbow-colored horsehair roach; Central dancer is shown with his back to viewer and is dressed similarly to other dancers but without vest or blue cap; Signature "W. Crumbo" is printed in brown ink to right of lower center. Original catalog card reads, “Exhibited by Suzie Peters at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1942. Peters was Indian School matron/teacher at Anadarko, OK ca 1918 to ca. 1940s.†| |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 63.0, Length = 47.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1229 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| 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. 1935 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on light gray paper depicting eagle dancer shown in full frontal view in standing position with outstretched arms; Dancer wears blue beaded moccasins, beaded garters, wristlets, armlets, and belt and blue beaded or embroidered apron, eagle feather bustle, and headdress with feathered rosette and yellow horsehair roach; Row of eagle feathers form "wings" along dancer's arms; Dancer is flanked on his right by two seated women wearing buckskin dresses and shoulder blankets and on his left by a man wearing buckskin pants, beaded vest, and eagle feather head bonnet and playing hand drum; Signature "Crumbo" is printed in orange paint near lower right corner. Original catalog card reads, “Exhibited by Suzie Peters at San Francisco Museum of Art, 1942. Peters was Indian School matron/teacher at Anadarko, OK ca 1918 to ca. 1940s.†| |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 64.0, Length = 50.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0962 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Serigraph | |
| 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; Paint | |
| Description | Untitled serigraph on paper depicting male dancer shown in 3/4 left profile (head is turned in 3/4 right profile) standing on right foot with knee bent and left leg upraised; Dancer wears elaborate plains-style dance outfit, including blue and red aprons, calico print shirt, feather bustle and large feathered rosettes on upper arms, roach with feathers in hair, beaded moccasins, garters and belt; He carries feather fan with beaded handle in right hand and horse hair (?) switch in left hand. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.5, Length = 33.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1180 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Cambridge Bay | |
| Maker's Name | James Taipanak | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor and casein (?) on paper; Glue | |
| Description | Untitled collage on paper depicting landscape scene; Alaskan coastline (?) is painted in green and gray with blue ocean shown at bottom of painting; 2 paper cutout figures in shape of standing Eskimos dressed in parkas, pants, and mukluks are placed within the landscape; Collage is unsigned; "Eskimo, Cambridge Bay, 40 yrs." is handwritten in ink on reverse of blue paper backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.1, Length = 22.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1181 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Read Island | |
| Maker's Name | Louis Taptuma (Lapluma or Laptuma?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor and cutouts on paper | |
| Description | Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting landscape scene, possibly of eroding seaside cliffs on sides of volcanoes; Blue sky and blue ocean waters are depicted above and below, respectively, a brown band with vertical gullies and black caprocks; Signature "Louis Taptuma (possibly Lapluma or Laptuma) is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for James Taipanak paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 31.0, Length = 22.4 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1182 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Cambridge Bay | |
| Maker's Name | James Taipanak | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper; Paper cutouts; Glue | |
| Description | Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting paper cutout of Eskimo man dressed in red parka and turquoise colored pants carrying rifle and standing on shoreline of water body while pair of paper cutout birds swim offshore; Impressionistic landscape in colors of gray and yellow against green sky with sun and single-lined red rainbow (?) are shown in background; Signature "James Taipanak, 40 yrs., Cambridge Bay" is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.2, Length = 22.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1179 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Read Island | |
| Maker's Name | Louis Taptuma (Lapluma or Laptuma?) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Pastel chalk and charcoal on construction paper | |
| Description | Untitled abstract (?) drawing on gray construction paper, possibly representing a rainstorm; 2 gray areas with vertical strokes against turquoise colored background intersect with gray area along bottom with horizontal strokes; Signature "Louis Taptuma [possibly Lapluma or Laptuma], Eskimo, 52 years, Read Is. N.W. Territories" is handwritten in pencil in lower right corner on reverse (same handwriting as for James Taipanak paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.8, Length = 20.4 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1175 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Stone cut print | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Povungnituk | |
| Maker's Name | Kuanana | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Stone cut print on white paper with undetermined title, depicting standing Eskimo man dressed in parka, pants, and mukluks and holding bow and arrows in right hand and goose in left hand; Smaller goose is depicted above man's right shoulder and unidentified quadruped is depicted beneath his feet; Images are all printed in black ink and outlined with negative silhouettes; "18/30, 1962" are hand printed in pencil below image, along with additional information (title, artist's name, etc.?) which are printed in Inuit characters. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 38.8, Length = 55.1 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1155 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Stone cut print | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Povungnituk | |
| Maker's Name | Mikpiga | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Stone cut print on white paper with undetermined title depicting two running caribou rendered in the style of cave paintings and printed in black ink; "21/25, 1962" are hand printed in pencil below image along with additional information in Inuit characters; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 40.2, Length = 29.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1159 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Stone cut print | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Povungnituk | |
| Maker's Name | Juanisialu | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1962 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Stone cut print on white paper with undetermined title, depicting Eskimo man dressed in parka, pants, and mukluk and carrying harpoon in right hand and leash in his left hand, leading to dog in front of him which is approaching body of small seal; Owl (?) appears overhead, and at far left is unidentified object, marked with Inuit characters; "26/30, 1962" is hand printed in pencil below image along with additional information printed in Inuit characters; Embossed chop mark of printer appears in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 55.3, Length = 39.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0450 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Scrimshaw (whale tooth) | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth; Ink | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.3, Width = 1.6, Length = 11.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1030 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Fort Sill Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Santa Fe | |
| Maker's Name | Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1937 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on paper entitled "Sacred Apache Fire Dancer" depicting Apache Gans or Crown Dancer, shown in 3/4 left profile; Figure wears high buckskin moccasins, fringed buckskin kilt, and black cloth head and face mask with triangular crown of wooden slats painted with eagle and geometric motifs; Dancer's upper body is painted black with white markings and long red streamers trail from both upper arms; Dancer carries wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Houser-37" is printed in red paint in lower right corner; "Sacred Apache Fire Dancer, Allan C. Houser Indian name Ha-Oz-Ous meaning Pulling Roots, Price [erased]" is printed in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.5, Length = 30.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1141 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Fort Sill Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Santa Fe | |
| Maker's Name | Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on paper | |
| Description | Untitled painting on gray paper depicting single Apache Gans or Crown Dancer figure shown in full front animated dance pose; Dancer is dressed in high moccasins, fringed buckskin kilt and dark blue cloth mask, crowned by white double barred wooden cross painted with geometric patterns; Figure's upper body is painted dark blue with white markings and long red ribbon with attached feathers trails from each upper arm; Dancer carries wooden sword in each hand; Signature "Allan Houser -50-" is printed in black ink in lower left corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 40.8, Length = 62.3 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1203 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Fort Sill Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Santa Fe | |
| Maker's Name | Allan C. Houser (Haozous) (1915-1994) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tempera on paper | |
| Description | Painting entitled "Searching for the Enemy" depicting 9 Apache warriors mounted on galloping horses riding across low hills devoid of vegetation except for low bushes and one juniper tree in lower right foreground; Warriors are all shirtless and wear moccasins, white pants, and/or breechclouts; Principle subject depicted in foreground is reeling his pinto steed to his left and he wears a war cap, indicating he may be the leader; He also carries rifle, whereas others are armed with bows and arrows and spears; Signature "Allan Houser 60" is printed in red paint in lower right corner. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 99.0, Length = 76.3 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1075 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | French-American | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | McKinley | |
| Other Geographic Data | Zuni Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Paul Coze (1903-1974) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "Shalako Running", depicting single Zuni Shalako in running stride while dressed in complete Shalako regalia and mask; Figure is set against plain brown background; Signature "Paul Coze" is handwritten in black ink in lower right corner; Title is handwritten in pencil along lower edge. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 18.0, Length = 22.5 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0959 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Serigraph | |
| Culture | Haida | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Germaine Mauriaucourt (1932-ca. 2001) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paper; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled serigraph depicting standing figure of human-raven, shown wearing seaweed skirt and a cape which hangs off its right shoulder and carrying a staff in its left hand; 10 humanoid heads with arms are shown on raven's breast, and around him are smaller images of a fish, 2 birds, an orca, and a frog, all printed in black, green, and rust brown; On reverse is attached type-written version of Haida creation story, as told to Germaine Mauriaucourt by Arthur Moody at Skidegate Mission, Queen Charlotte Islands in 1955. [Germaine Mauriaucourt was born in Vancouver, British Columbia of French and English ancestry and spent the summer of 1955 among the Haida people at Skidegate, where she claimed to have been “adopted into the Moody family (Haida carvers) and into the Raven and Wolf clans.â€] | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 28.0, Length = 35.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-1225 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Carved panel | |
| Culture | Haida (Aleut*) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada (USA*) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia (Alaska*) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Sitka; Mt. Edgecumbe School* | |
| Maker's Name | Andy Kochergin (1934-1965) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1952 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Cedar (Cedrus sp.) panel; Varnish | |
| Description | Untitled low relief carving on a large cedar panel (2 cedar planks joined down the center) depicting a dogfish (shark) image, shown in bisected, X-ray technique; Image incorporates a human face within the shark's body; This image was copied (albeit as mirror image) after an 1897 drawing done by Charles Edenshaw for anthropologist Franz Boas (originally published in 1905 by John R. Swanton in Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VIII, Part 1 - Contributions of the Ethnology of the Haida, Plate XXI [reprinted from V, Part 1 of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1905]); Front and sides of panel are varnished, but otherwise panel is in natural unpainted state; Artist's signature, "Andy Kochergin" is written in script in pencil on reverse. NOTE: Andy Kochergin was himself an Aleut, from Alaska and produced this carving of a Haida image while he was enrolled at the Mt. Edgecumbe School in Sitka, AK. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 57.3, Length = 89.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1022 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Serigraph | |
| Culture | Haida or Tlingit, possibly | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Northwest Coast | |
| Maker's Name | Arthur Price, Kish Studios | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Paper; Ink | |
| Description | Untitled serigraph depicting Northwest Indian mythological figures of Ena-Gwenee (Mighty One), tall man Odindza (his enemy), and Kroneydin, the wanderer (a dwarf), all printed in black and turquoise on white paper; Print is cover of menu for "Canadian Night" as noted inside; Also printed inside is notation that print is by Arthur Price, is reproduced from book "Alaska Beckons" by Dr. Marius Barbeau, and was hand silk-screened at Kish Studios, Ottawa. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 32.9, Length = 50.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0370-0336 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Plate | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Pinal | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Scottsdale | |
| Maker's Name | Otellie Pasivaya Loloma (1922-1993) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Metal: Copper; Enamel glazes | |
| Description | Shallow round copper plate with small diameter round pedestal base; Interior is coated with gray enamel glazes while exterior is coated with mottled green and black glaze; Heads of three long hair katsinam are depicted in profile, in black, yellow, green, blue, red, and white, against a gray field; Double red and black band encircles half of rim and multiple black, red, turquoise, and white bands encircle other half; Plate is unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.7, Max Diam = 15.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0918 |  |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Drawing | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi | |
| Maker's Name | Vaughn Saufkie (b. 1942) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Pastel chalk on paper | |
| Description | Drawing entitled "Bird", depicting stylized image of single bird in flight, drawn in colors of red, blue, and green against a red and blue background; Drawing is unsigned. Vaughn Saufkie's father was Hopi silversmith, Paul Saufki, also respresented in the CAS collection.e. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 30.4, Length = 22.8 | |
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