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Blanket making process nearing completion, pattern is visible
Blanket making process nearing completion, pattern is visible
Object Number 2004.29.4372
Display Title Blanket making process nearing completion, pattern is visible
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan) / Nearing completion - Pendant balls of wool showing the manner of manipulating the wool. The shuttle is seldom used when figures are being made. / Navajo blanket making. Taken by G. H. Pepper - 1897 in New Mexico. Presented by B. F. B. Hyde and Fred 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
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

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