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Object Number
2004.29.4367
Display Title
Woman placing warp on the loom
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / [Woman] placing warp on the loom. The loom is held in place by stones until the operation is completed. It is then placed in an upright position and the weaving commenced. / Navajo blanket making. Taken by G. H. Pepper in N. Mex. 1897 in N.M. Presented by B. F. B. Hyde and F. E. Hyde Jr."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
- blanket making
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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