Navajo by Campfire

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Date created: circa 1940

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Beatien Yazz (Jimmy Toddy/Little No Shirt), Diné (Navajo), 1928-2022
Previous owner: Charles De Young Elkus, Non-Indian, 1881-1963; Ruth Elkus (Mrs. Charles de Young Elkus), Non-Indian, 1884-1972
Donor: Charles De Young Elkus, Non-Indian, 1881-1963; Ruth Elkus (Mrs. Charles de Young Elkus), Non-Indian, 1884-1972

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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Place: Arizona; USA (inferred)

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 23/1238
Barcode: 231238.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Navajo by Campfire
Object Name: Painting
Media/Materials: Paper, watercolor
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 26 x 32 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6aafbf469-61ff-476a-abdc-92b0780b3519

Record ID: NMAI_246399