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Object Number
2004.24.26763
Display Title
Navajo Indian Preparing Dye and Wool for Blanket-Making
Descriptions
Keywords
- Ethnographic
Subject
- making
- Blanket
- Farming
- Woman
Department
Photographic
Date
1897
Artist
George H. Pepper
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.4355 | Woman pulverizing the bark of the black alder in preparation for making dye |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4365 | Woman spinning wool into uniform strips to be used in blanket making |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4366 | Woman coiling wool to be used for blanket making |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4368 | First step in blanket making; a loom stands upright with foundation of white wool stretched across it |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4358 | Navajo woman working on a fleece from a sheep |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4361 | Woman placing wool on wool cards |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4372 | Blanket making process nearing completion, pattern is visible |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4359 | Woman washing wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4360 | Woman drying wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4362 | Woman carding and washing wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4363 | Woman spinning wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4364 | Woman spinning shows second operation in which wool is stretched and twisted |
New Mexico
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