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Object Number 2004.29.4383
Display Title Navajo woman weaving a blanket
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / Expedition of 1873. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers Commanding. / Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians, Cañon de Chelle- N.M. [Woman] weaving blankets. The natives loom. The blankets are of best quality - impervious to water. / [verso] Gift of Lucy Kluckhohn Sept. 1964"
Keywords
  • Manufacture and General Utility
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • blanket making
Department Photographic
Date 1873
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Canyon de Chelly
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 13.97 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Lucy Kluckhohn

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