Two-Spirit We'wha Demonstrates Zuni Weaving Techniques

ID: SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3648]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1880

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 009, Image No. MAH-3648

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Summary

We'wha demonstrates blanket loom weaving on the grounds of the United States National Museum while on a visit to Washington, DC.

Subject

  • Hough, Walter 1859-1935
  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Department of Anthropology

Notes

See "Synoptic Series of Objects in the United States National Museum Illustrating the History of Inventions," by Walter Hough, acting head curator of Anthropology, USNM, in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 60, 1922.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 009, Image No. MAH-3648

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1880
  • 1886

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Looms
  • Hand weaving
  • Zuni Indians

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3648]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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