Object Details
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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Date created
circa 1940
Catalog Number
23/1237
Barcode
231237.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Title
The Eclipse
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paperboard, gouache/opaque watercolors
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
46.2 x 40.5 cm
Place
Arizona; USA (inferred)
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_246398