Navajo woman weaving a rug [1]

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Title Navajo woman weaving a rug [1]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Looms; Weaving; Navajo rugs--Photographs; Navajo women--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Weaving--Photographs; Looms--Photographs; Hogans--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Keywords Diné culture; Native Americans
Tribe Navajo Nation
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Color photograph. "Rug weaving is a year-round activity among the Navajo women, accounting for an important part of the income of many families. During cold weather the loom is set up inside the hogan; in mild weather the weaving is carried on in the shade of a tree or under a brush shade." A woman inside the hogan sitting on the floor weaving a rug, holding a wooden tool
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
File Name P0092n02_06_251.tif
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Rights
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s6c56h04
Setname uaida_main
ID 387847
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c56h04
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