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Pueblo Indians Selling Pottery
Pueblo Indians Selling Pottery
Pueblo Indians Selling Pottery

Pueblo Indians Selling Pottery

Dateca. 1930
Mediumcardstock; ink
Dimensions3 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (8.8 × 14 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2014.007.534
DescriptionA group of Pueblo women stand on the tracks of the Santa Fe railroad selling their pottery to passengers traveling through New Mexico. The women are wearing traditional clothing and several are carrying pots on their heads and baskets of their pottery. Passengers are standng near the vendors and also near the entrance to the train car. Handwriting on the back reads, "Dear Marion, Out here the mamas carry the little girls in baskets if they are not good., Love, Chester".
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