Diné (Navajo) saddle blanket

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Diné (Navajo) lantern slides from Arizona and New Mexico, image #, NMAI.AC.454; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: View of a Diné (Navajo) wool saddle blanket with a lightning design. Collected by George Pepper in New Mexico, NMAI catalog number 091964.000 (09/1964). The lantern slide was hand-colored to match the actual colors of the blanket in red, blue, yellow and white.

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Diné (Navajo) lantern slides from Arizona and New Mexico

Creator

Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924

Summary

This collection includes glass lantern slides depicting Diné (Navajo) scenes and items from Arizona and New Mexico, circa 1900. The lantern slides were made by George Hubbard Pepper and include photographs originally made by Pepper and Sumner Matteson, among other photographers.