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From Heye Museum negative said to be Navajo dance
From Heye Museum negative said to be Navajo dance
Object Number 41-4-10/100567.1.16
Display Title From Heye Museum negative said to be Navajo dance
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Athabaskan; Navajo (Chaco Canyon); From Heye Museum negative. Said to be Navajo dance, Chaco Canon Region, about 1890. / [verso] Gift of Lucy Kluckhohn, Sept 1964."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Dance
Subject
  • Dance
Department Photographic
Date 1890
Artist National Museum of the American Indian
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Chaco Canyon
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.07 cm (4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Lucy Kluckhohn

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