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Object Number
2004.29.4359
Display Title
Woman washing wool
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / [Woman] washing wool. / Navajo Indians preparing wool for Blanket making. Taken by G. H. Pepper, 1891. N. Mex - 1897 - Presented by B.F.B. Hyde & Fred E. Hyde Jr."
Keywords
- Manufacture and General Utility
- Ethnographic
Subject
- washing
- wool
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.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.4362 | Woman carding and washing wool |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4361 | Woman placing wool on wool cards |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4360 | Woman drying wool |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4364 | Woman spinning shows second operation in which wool is stretched and twisted |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4365 | Woman spinning wool into uniform strips to be used in blanket making |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4366 | Woman coiling wool to be used for blanket making |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4363 | Woman spinning wool |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4368 | First step in blanket making; a loom stands upright with foundation of white wool stretched across it |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4358 | Navajo woman working on a fleece from a sheep |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4370 | Blanket in advanced stage |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4357 | Woman boiling the leaves and twigs of the Rhus aromatica and burning the ferruginous ochre |
New Mexico
| ||
| 2004.29.4372 | Blanket making process nearing completion, pattern is visible |
New Mexico
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