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Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-150

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Shalako figures are about 10 ft. or 12 ft. tall and are carried and manipulated. Their beaks can snap open and shut

Calabaza, Gonzalio. "Shalako figures are about 10 ft. or 12 ft. tall and are carried and manipulated. Their beaks can snap open and shut." #192, 1923

 Part of Collection — Box: 15, Folder: 181
Call Number: WA MSS S-150, Series I
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On verso: "Gonzalio Calabaza, painter, 6th grade by 1923. Santa Fe, New Mexico / Property of J. D. Dehuff, Government Indian School, Santa Fe, N. M."

Dates: 1923
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Warriors dancing the War Dance

Calabaza, Gonzalio. "Warriors dancing the War Dance." #193, 1923

 Part of Collection — Box: 15, Folder: 182
Call Number: WA MSS S-150, Series I
Scope and Contents:

On verso, in ink: "Property of Gonzalio Calabaza, a boy from Santo Domingo Pueblo." In pencil: "Pardon the soiled condition. He had the picture pinned up in his dormitory room."

Dates: 1923
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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[Two hands destroying, one with lightining and one with a cannon]

Herrera, Velino Shije (Ma Pe Wi). [Two hands destroying, one with lightining and one with a cannon].#194, Undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 15, Folder: 183
Call Number: WA MSS S-150, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Annotated in pencil

Dates: Undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Ah-van-yohs

Martinez, Miguel (Wich-[cheerg?]-ka-ri). "Ah-van-yohs." #197, 1923

 Part of Collection — Box: 15, Folder: 184
Call Number: WA MSS S-150, Series I
Scope and Contents:

On verso: "The copy of a painting from the kiva wall. These two water snakes called "Ah-van-yohs" bring the rains. They lash up clouds out of the bodies of water with their tails and make rain fall from those clouds with their lightning tongues. The center design is all symbolic of the world and fertility."

Dates: 1923
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Illustration for Katchinas in Holland's Magazine

Unidentified. "Illustration for Katchinas in Holland's Magazine." #191, 1926

 Part of Collection — Box: 15, Folder: 185
Call Number: WA MSS S-150, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Annotated in pencil

Dates: 1926
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Katchinas for August

Unidentified. "Katchinas for August." #188, Undated

 Part of Collection — Box: 15, Folder: 186
Call Number: WA MSS S-150, Series I
Scope and Contents:

Annotated in pencil.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library