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    • 1940 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • 1940 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce

    • Flagstaff--History; Powwows--Arizona--Flagstaff; Powwows--Pictorial works; Festivals--Arizona--Flagstaff; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Pictorial works;...

    • Program of events for the annual Flagstaff All-Indian Pow Wow, 1940
    • 1949 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • 1949 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce

    • Flagstaff--History; Powwows--Arizona--Flagstaff; Powwows--Pictorial works; Festivals--Arizona--Flagstaff; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Pictorial works;...

    • Program of events for the annual Flagstaff All-Indian Pow Wow, 1949
    • Navajo rug

    • Navajo rug

    • Unknown

    • Art Objects-Original Art-Hanging, Pictorial Rug

    • Handwoven pictorial Navajo rug, 42.75" long by 25.375" wide. This rug hung inside Bruchman's Curio (est. 1903) for many years.
    • Moroccan Wedding Necklace

    • Moroccan Wedding Necklace

    • Unknown

    • Personal Artifact; Adornment

    • Brides in Morocco wear these large silver and amber necklaces. The silver beads, symbolizing purity and honesty, are hollow so the necklace is not as heavy as it looks. The amber is made of thermal plastic and is also called "African Amber". ...
    • Navajo Blanket Woven of Germantown Yarn

    • Navajo Blanket Woven of Germantown Yarn

    • Forrest, Earle R. (Earle Robert), 1883-1969

    • Navajo blankets.

    • An old Navajo blanket woven of Germantown yarn. [Forrest:] The design is also very old. Value $225.00 [value provided by photographer]. In my opinion one of the old Germantown blankets is far superior to the Bayetta. Personally, I prefer them. This...
    • Navajo Pillow

    • Navajo Pillow

    • Forrest, Earle R. (Earle Robert), 1883-1969

    • Navajo arts

    • Navajo pillow made of Germantown yarn. [Forrest:] This is a very hard and excellent weave, and is a fine old design with fine colors. The Germantown yarn blankets are as fine as any Bayeta. Size 19 in. by 20 in. Bought in the summer of 1907 from...
    • Indian woman, child, yarn

    • Indian woman, child, yarn

    • Unknown

    • Communication Artifacts; Documentary Artifact: Print, Photographic

    • Photo of Navajo woman as she works with yarn, child beside her; taken at Cedar Springs Trading Post
    • Swift closed

    • Swift closed

    • Unknown

    • Technology and Equipment for Materials; Textile Working Technology and Equipment; Swift

    • A device to hold a hank of yarn for winding off into skeins. Made of wood and it opens like an umbrella and can be be adjusted to hold different amounts of yarn.
    • Swift

    • Swift

    • Unknown

    • Technology and Equipment for Materials; Textile Working Technology and Equipment; Swift

    • A device to hold a hank of yarn for winding off into skeins. Made of wood and it opens like an umbrella and can be be adjusted to hold different amounts of yarn.
    • At the Trysting Place, Portfolio 12, Plate 416

    • At the Trysting Place, Portfolio 12, Plate 416

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Hopi Indians

    • “Since they first appeared in history in the sixteenth century, these Indians have occupied their present habitat in northeastern Arizona. Their neighbors on the north, west, and east were the predatory Navaho, alternately hostile and friendly,...
    • Tewa Girls, Portfolio 12, Plate 434

    • Tewa Girls, Portfolio 12, Plate 434

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Tewa Indians; Hopi Indians

    • “In the art of weaving, knitting, and embroidery the Hopi are preeminent. In ancient times they wove their cultivated cotton into fabrics the fitness of which excited the comment of the early Spaniards, and indeed the cloth remnants found in the...
    • Modified Style of Hairdressing, Portfolio 12, Plate 428

    • Modified Style of Hairdressing, Portfolio 12, Plate 428

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Hopi Indians

    • “In the art of weaving, knitting, and embroidery the Hopi are preeminent. In ancient times they wove their cultivated cotton into fabrics the fitness of which excited the comment of the early Spaniards, and indeed the cloth remnants found in the...
    • Jicarilla Maiden, Portfolio 1, Plate 22

    • Jicarilla Maiden, Portfolio 1, Plate 22

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Jicarilla Indians

    • This pictures exceedingly well the typical Jicarilla women's dress: a cape of deerskin, beaded, a broad belt of black leather, a deerskin skirt, and the hair fastened at each side of the head with a large knot of yarn or cloth.
    • Long Sash

    • Long Sash

    • Unknown

    • Hopi Indians

    • Woven sash. Navajo or Hopi. Made of two identical sashes sewn together at end with red and green yarn. Each identical piece has a six inch fringe on one end. One inch from the fringed end is a 9" area of symmetrical and alternating black and...
    • Arizona Highways. July, 1949

    • Arizona Highways. July, 1949

    • Arizona Highways Commission

    • Arizona; Arizona Highways Magazine; Arizona Department of Transportation

    • CONTENTS

      "Bee Plant" Front Cover

      Playwright in Arizona 4

      Peach Festival in Supailand 8

      Quong Lee 14

      Sycamore Canyon 18

      Rim Country 26

      Kaibab 31

      Yours Sincerely 40...
    • Arizona Highways. August, 1958

    • Arizona Highways. August, 1958

    • Arizona Highways Commission

    • Arizona; Arizona Highways Magazine; Arizona Department of Transportation

    • CONTENTS

      Indians of Arizona
      Photographs by Joseph Miller; Cartography by George M. Avey 3

      Indians of Arizona
      By Clara Lee Tanner 4

      Navajo Sand Painting
      By Elizabeth-Ellen Long 33

      The Hubbell...

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