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Elle of Ganado

Header: Elle of Ganado
Also known as: Elle of Ganado; primary name: Ganado, Elle of; other name: Asdzaa Lichii'; other name: Red Woman
Details: individual; fibre/textile worker; Native North American; Female
Other dates: 1850-1924 (ca, born -died)
Biography: Navajo weaver, born to the Black Sheep Clan, lived in the southern part of the Navajo Reservation near the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona. She and her husband Tom of Ganado worked as art/craft demonstrators for the Fred Harvey Company in its Indian Building, part of the Alvarado Hotel.

Museum number: Am,B73.44 |
Producer name: Published by:Frederick Henry HarveyPublished by:Detroit Photographic Co. |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Photographed in:Albuquerque (USA)

Museum number: Am,B73.2 |
Producer name: Published by:Frederick Henry HarveyPublished by:Detroit Photographic Co. |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Photographed in:Albuquerque (USA)

Museum number: Am,B73.45 |
Producer name: Published by:Frederick Henry HarveyPublished by:Detroit Photographic Co. |
Production date: 1906 |
Production place: Photographed in:Albuquerque (USA)