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Woman weaving near Butler's Trading Post

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Call NumberP-1134CreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Datecirca 1908SummaryNative American (Navajo) woman and girl sit and weave at a loom at Butlers Trading Post, probably near Shiprock, New Mexico. A cloth tied between the building and the porch shade the woman and girl who sit on a fringed blanket. The girl points to her eyes.Physical Description1 photonegative : nitrate ; 8 x 11 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 7 x 7 cm (3 x 3 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectButlers Trading Post (Navajo Indian Reservation)Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--New MexicoNavajo Indians--Women--New MexicoNavajo women weavers--New MexicoNavajo Indian ReservationLooms--New MexicoWeaving--New MexicoCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700171134Type of MaterialNitrate negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromJeancon.Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.NotesCondition: emulsion scratched on nitrate negative. Etched on nitrate negative: "N-82." "188". Title supplied. Vintage photographic print. Written on back of print: "Ind- Navajo Arts & customs- weaving." "Navajo". R7001711345

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