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Two looms; one small; one large
Object Number 2004.29.4311
Display Title Two looms; one small; one large
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Navajo (Athapascan) / Navaho - Estate of Washington Matthew - 1905."
Keywords
  • Manufacture and General Utility
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Loom
Department Photographic
Date 1848-1895
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona?
North America / United States / New Mexico?
North America / United States / Utah?
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 13.97 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

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