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Object Number
2004.29.4354
Display Title
Woman pounding the bark of the black alder
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / [Woman] pounding the bark of the black alder, which is used with the red liquid "saystozzie-batoh" in dyeing buckskin. / Navajo Indian preparing dye for blanket making. / Taken by George Pepper in New Mexico in 1897. Presented by B. F. B. Hyde and Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. / [verso] Gift of Lucy Kluckhohn Sept. 1964"
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
- making
- dye
Department
Photographic
Date
1897
Artist
George H. Pepper
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Lucy Kluckhohn
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