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Object Number
2004.29.4363
Display Title
Woman spinning wool
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / [Woman] spinning. Shows first operation in which the strip of wool as it goes from the wool card is used. / Navajos preparing wool for blanket making. Taken by G. H. Pepper in N. Mex. 1897 & presented by B. F. B. Hyde and Frederick Hyde Jr."
Keywords
- Manufacture and General Utility
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Spinning
- 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 |
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| 2004.29.4365 | Woman spinning wool into uniform strips to be used in blanket making |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4364 | Woman spinning shows second operation in which wool is stretched and twisted |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4366 | Woman coiling wool to be used for blanket making |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4368 | First step in blanket making; a loom stands upright with foundation of white wool stretched across it |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4361 | Woman placing wool on wool cards |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4359 | Woman washing wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4360 | Woman drying wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4362 | Woman carding and washing wool |
New Mexico
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| 2004.24.27771 | Woman spinning |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4367 | Woman placing warp on the loom |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4355 | Woman pulverizing the bark of the black alder in preparation for making dye |
New Mexico
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| 2004.29.4354 | Woman pounding the bark of the black alder |
New Mexico
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