James A. Jensen photographs of Vladimir Kozak art and artifacts and Chief Joseph lithograph
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 79-1
name: label: Creator
content: Jensen, James A., 1918- (collector and photographer)
label: Names
content: Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904
label: Artist
content: Kozák, Vladimir, 1897-1979
topic: label: Topic
content: Body painting
creator: label: Creator
content: Jensen, James A., 1918- (collector and photographer)
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Plateau
label: Culture
content: Yawalapiti
label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
label: Culture
content: Suya Indians
label: Culture
content: Mehináku (Mehinacu)
label: Culture
content: Indians of South America -- Brazil
label: Culture
content: Xavánte (Shavante)
label: Culture
content: Timbira Indians
label: Culture
content: Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)
label: Culture
content: Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)
label: Culture
content: Kuikúro (Kuikuro)
label: Culture
content: Apalakiri (Apalakire)
label: Culture
content: Kamayurá (Camayura)
label: Culture
content: Ka'apor
label: Culture
content: Héta Indians
label: Culture
content: Borôro (Bororo)
label: Culture
content: Karajá (Caraja)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: James A. Jensen (1918-1998) was a paleontologist and Director of the Earth Sciences Museum at Brigham Young University (BYU).  While at BYU, he conducted fieldwork in both North and South America, at which point he may have met Vladimir Kozak.  He created pastel and acrylic artwork, particularly of flowers, landscapes, and Native Americans.

Artist Vladimir Kozak was trained in Czechoslovakia in mechanical engineering, sculpture, and painting. In 1923, he immigrated to Brazil. As Kozak's interest in the Indigenous tribes of Brazil grew, he increasingly focused on painting and sculpting, particularly during the 1940s and 1950s. He also became a still photographer, film maker, and collector of Indigenous artifacts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Lithograph
label: Extent
content: 1 Watercolor
label: Extent
content: 95 Color slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965-1974
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by James A. Jensen of the Earth Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Utah, 1978.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.79-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lithographs
label: Type
content: Watercolor
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Watercolors
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lithographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals of much of artwork depicted in slides in Glenbow Institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory of slides available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The bulk of the collection is comprised of images of paintings by Vladimir Kozak and his artifacts relating to Brazilian tribes, photographed by James A. Jensen at Kozak's home in Curitaba, Brazil, in September 1965.  It also includes a watercolor image of body decoration at a ceremony held by the upper Xingu River tibes of Central Brazil.  Additionally, there is one lithograph poster of a J. A. Jensen painting of Chief Joseph, dated 1974.