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Navajo Indian Rug. The second largest single-piece floor-covering known, was made by Indian women. Minny-Many Horses [Minnie Manyhorses] was the weaver with helpers preparing the wool. It measures 19x31 feet and took 23 months with 23 helpers. Indian Reservation, Arizona. [Photographer's caption]

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Call number	NAU.PH.2003.11.10.3.M9781
Item number	24352
Creator	Muench, Josef
Title	Navajo Indian Rug. The second largest single-piece floor-covering known, was made by Indian women. Minny-Many Horses [Minnie Manyhorses] was the weaver with helpers preparing the wool. It measures 19x31 feet and took 23 months with 23 helpers. Indian Reservation, Arizona. [Photographer's caption]
Alternate title	Navajo weavers and rugs.
Date	1950-1970
Type	Image
Description	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Josef Muench was born in Bavaria February 8, 1904. At the age of 11 he received his first camera and began a lifelong interest in capturing nature on film. He arrived in the United States with his brother in 1926 and eventually settled in Santa Barbara, California. In the 1930s, Muench began his long association with Arizona Highways Magazine. Josef Muench died in 1998.
Collection name	Muench, Josef
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
References	Kliewer, Kimberly, Identification guide to Navajo rug styles
Subjects	Navajo women Navajo rugs Navajo textile fabrics Manyhorses, Minnie
Places	Navajo Indian Reservation
Physical format	Color transparency
Physical dimension	4x5
Master file size	108783480
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Imacon Flextight 848
Software	Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme	RGB
Master image bit depth	48-bit
Master resolution	1000
Master pixels horizontal	4766
Master pixels vertical	3804

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