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Navajo woman spinning
Object Number 2004.29.4265
Display Title Navajo woman spinning
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / Woman spinning"
Keywords
  • People and Family
  • Manufacture and General Utility
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Spinning
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1848-1895
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10 × 9.6 cm (3 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

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