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Collection D 002.07:

Werito family Eastern Navajo photographs

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Navajo mother and daughter portrait
Date:  circa 1950
Photoprint #: D00207046
Subjects: Werito, Jane; ; ; Navajo women--Colorado--Ignacio--Pictorial works; Huerfano (N.M.)
Notes: This is a photograph of eastern Navajo daughter, Jane Werito Yazzie (age 20) and her mother Louise Begay Werito (about 43 years old). They are of the Manyhogans clan and are wearing mid- 20th century Navajo styled clothing the designed and sewed. This photo was taken at a county fair photo booth.

This photo was loaned to the Center by Venaya J. Yazzie and her grandmother Jane Werito Yazzie for digitization in February, 2007.

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