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Navajo woman weaving a blanket on a loom
Navajo woman weaving a blanket on a loom
Object Number 2004.29.4475
Display Title Navajo woman weaving a blanket on a loom
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan); Woman weaving her blanket on crude loom. Beautiful and wonderful work when one thinks of the few implements used and designs only in the mind of the weaver as she patiently pursues her task. Gift of Lewis H. Farlow."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • weaving
Department Photographic
Date 1848
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Watercolor on Paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.88 x 20.96 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow

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