Navajo Dancers
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1940
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Beatien Yazz (Jimmy Toddy/Little No Shirt), Diné (Navajo), 1928-2022
label: Previous owner
content: Charles De Young Elkus, Non-Indian, 1881-1963
label: Previous owner
content: Ruth Elkus (Mrs. Charles de Young Elkus), Non-Indian, 1884-1972
label: Donor
content: Charles De Young Elkus, Non-Indian, 1881-1963
label: Donor
content: Ruth Elkus (Mrs. Charles de Young Elkus), Non-Indian, 1884-1972
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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: label: Place
content: Arizona; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/1239
label: Barcode
content: 231239.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Navajo Dancers
label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Media/Materials
content: Paperboard, watercolor
label: Techniques
content: Painted
label: Dimensions
content: 28.5 x 40.3 cm