[Three Navajo women weaving blanket]

Clara E. Sipprell (1885-1975)

Date

ca. 1920-1930
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

7 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. printed on paper label: In the reproduction of this photograph \ give credit to Clara E. Sipprell.
Typed on attached paper:
A Group of Navajo Women \ The woman to the right is just beginning \ her work on a new blanket. The woman in \ the center is a very young extremely handsom [sic] \ girl. Her ragged dress is fastened with \ fine beautifully made silver bottons [sic], made \ by a man of her tribe. She is proudly dis- \ playing her little papoos [sic], strapped to his \ wooden cradle.
Collection Name

Clara E. Sipprell Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase through gift of The Dorothea Leonhardt Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Accession Number

P1984.1.1663
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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