"Navaho Mother and Child Weaving"

DateJuly 19, 1906

Mediumcardstock; ink

Dimensions3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 13.9 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2014.007.711

DescriptionA woman and child sit in the Fred Harvey Indian Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico and weave on looms. The woman sits on a red blanket and weaves on a large loom while a young child sits to the right and weaves on a smaller loom. Trees and plants are growing up the wooden walls and overhead. Handwriting on the front reads, "Bien des choses animables de la past de [?]. Stone gin vis more bien coup."

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