Name/Title
Navajo Indian Blanket Weaver, Mission Curio & Art Shop, San Gabriel, CA Photo Postcard, 1916Entry/Object ID
P9999.143.479Description
Navajo Indian Blanket Weaver, Mission Curio & Art Shop, San Gabriel, CA Photo Postcard, 1916. color. Photo of Navajo male seated on ground with large weaving frame beside him, upon which is a blanket in process. Addressed to Harry George, Saxon Building, St. Joseph, Mo., dated Sept. 5, 1916.
Legend on back: "A Navajo Blanket Weaver. The Navajo surpass all other Indian tribes in the art of the weaving of wool. The Navajo blankets, as well as the silver work, were always in demand by the other tribes, and for many years white people have as eagerly purchased them. They are very shrewd and business-like, widely contrasting from the popular idea of some other tribes, who trade their earthy belongings for a plug of tobacco or a handful of beads."
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Mission Curio and Art Shop, San Gabriel, Cal., Opposite the Mission."Collection
Harry L. George CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1916Place
City
San GabrielState/Province
CaliforniaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
BlanketsSearch Terms
Native American, Navajo, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 3½" x 5½"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Harry L. George Collection