NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO DIORAMA
1933-34, exhibition paper label on top: 45 -MD -1 / WEAVING BLANKETS / NAVAJO
also ceramic label: MUSEUM EXTENSION PROJECT / WPA / DISTRICT 5
the painted black box measures, 9"h; 12.75"w' 9.75"d
During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration commissioned artists to produce works for display in public buildings being constructed at that time. The works of several Pueblo potters, and items such as this, were placed in the newly constructed National Park Service Regional Headquarters building in Santa Fe.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Realized: $150 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 262 : NATIVE AMERICAN NAVAJO DIORAMA
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