Ruth and Charles De Y Elkus
Collection
Identifier: MS-1284
Scope and Contents
Greeting cards from Ruth and Charles De Y Elkus and Rush Elkus containing reproductions of original art by various Southwestern artists. 1. Prayer and Eagle Dance [undated]; 2. A Peyote Design by Tsa-To-Ke [Kiowa] [undated]; 3. Angels in the Moon based on a stone cut print by the Eskimo artist Natsivaar [undated]; 4. Sunrise by Monroe Tsa-To-Ke (1904-1937) [undated]; 5. Untitled work by Tsa-To-Ke [1948]; 6. Painting of a Kachina (Hopi) by Fred Kabotie [undated]; 7. The Apache Fire or Crown Dance from an original drawing by Wilson Dewey [1949]; 8. Crow Dancers by Diego Salas, and Prayer for Rain from the Pueblo of Sai by Mrs. M.C. Stevenson In 23d Arbe [1951]; 9. A Koshare Ceremonial Dance after a painting by Awa Tsireh [1954]; 10. Gourd Song by Calvin Tyndall, and a description of Gourd Song by Dorothy Dunn [undated]; 11. Design by Pablita Velarde [undated]; 12. Dancers [Kachinas and Flute Players] after a painting by Joe Herrera based on a petroglyph found in the Galisteo Basin [undated]; 13. India ink on seal skin by Florence Nupok of Gambell, Alaska [undated]; 14. Koshare and Turkey by Awa-Tsireh [undated].
Dates
- 1940s - 1950s
Extent
0 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Library and Archives at the Autry Repository