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"Indian Work Room"
"Indian Work Room"
"Indian Work Room"

"Indian Work Room"

DateMay 7, 1910
Mediumcardstock; ink
Dimensions3 5/8 × 5 7/16 in. (9.2 × 13.8 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2014.007.725
DescriptionNative American artists work at the Fred Harvey Indian Building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to weave blankets on loom and to card and spin wool. There are men, women, and children seated around the room and on large rugs and in front of five large looms. Partially-woven rugs are on the looms. The walls are painted as landscapes in the background. There is a rolled rug in the lower right of the frame. Handwriting on the back reads, "Albuquerque N.Mex. May 1, 1910 They have here the most wonderful and valuable collection of Indian and Mexican curios in the world. Fred J. Moseley".
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