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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Beatien Yazz (Jimmy Toddy/Little No Shirt), Diné (Navajo), 1928-2022  Search this
Previous owner:
Charles De Young Elkus, Non-Indian, 1881-1963  Search this
Ruth Elkus (Mrs. Charles de Young Elkus), Non-Indian, 1884-1972  Search this
Donor:
Charles De Young Elkus, Non-Indian, 1881-1963  Search this
Ruth Elkus (Mrs. Charles de Young Elkus), Non-Indian, 1884-1972  Search this
Title:
Tree
Object Name:
Drawing
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink, watercolor, gouache/opaque watercolors
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
18.9 x 28.8 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Arizona; USA (inferred)
Date created:
circa 1940
Collection History:
Formerly in the collection of San Francisco attorney Charles De Young Elkus (1881-1963) and his wife Ruth Elkus (1884-1972), who both collected Indian art and fought for Indian rights and Bureau of Indian Affairs reform; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Elkus in 1961.
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Catalog Number:
23/1242
Barcode:
231242.000
See related items:
Diné (Navajo)
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6babf95c7-5abc-4716-95f1-a20a73c56e4b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_246403