Item 28: The complete story of a Navaho [Navajo] blanket, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

Color image shows a Navajo woman weaving at a large loom outdoors, while two other women sit nearby, one of whom is hand carding wool. Printed on reverse: "The art of blanket weaving, among the Navahos, was probably leanred from the Pueblo Indians some three or four hundred years ago, and the Navahos, being a shrewd, business-like people, developed the art, until today they are the most skilled Indian weavers in the world." Fred Harvey Trade Mark. ca. 1930-1944. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.