Diné (Navajo) Portraits, Families, and Community Events Photographic Prints

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv435ecd509-2f65-49a7-a8ae-f7780b4869ad

Collection Creator

Adler, Abigail

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Abigail Adler Diné (Navajo) Photographs

Extent

11 Photographic prints (Silver Gelatin, black and white)

Date

1976-1979

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.373, Series 1

Type

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Collection Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abigail Adler Diné (Navajo) photographs, NMAI.AC.373 catalog #; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights

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Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Diné (Navajo) Portraits, Families, and Community Events, 1976-1979 contains 11 gelatin silver prints that were shot by photographer Abigail Adler throughout the Navajo Nation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah in 1976 and 1979. The photographs depict Diné (Navajo) individuals and family portraits; ceremonial scenes, such as a Kinaaldá (girl's puberty ceremony), portrait of woman and mother on wedding day, and a Medicine Man with sand painting; and daily activities such as planting corn, outdoor cooking, and traveling by horse-drawn wagon. Photographs from this collection were possibly part of Alder's "Navajo Matriarch" project funded by the Navajo Nation and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Collection Restrictions

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Record ID

ebl-1701266101042-1701266103356-0