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The Navajo Drill Team of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
The Navajo Drill Team of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
The Navajo Drill Team of the White Shrine of Jerusalem

The Navajo Drill Team of the White Shrine of Jerusalem

Dateca. 1960
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (11.1 × 16.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Minton Schooley
Object numberPA2001.034.028
DescriptionA posed photograph of the Navajo Drill Team of the White Shrine of Jerusalem (part of the Masons) gathered in a gymnasium. The group was a non-Indigenous women's club (ca. 1952-1968) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The twenty-two women are dressed in dark wigs and wear costumes resembling Diné dress. Some have strips painted on their checks, others with feathers, headbands, and all wear large jewelry. A large drum rests on the ground on its side in front of the group. The members standing in the back hold a fabric banner with a Diné symbol between their name: Navajo Drill Team Albuquerque White Shrine of Jerusalem New Mexico. The group includes Kath Limbaugh who is kneeling second from the right.
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