Woman grinding corn. Pueblo Zuni – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Woman grinding corn. Pueblo Zuni. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Woman grinding corn. Pueblo Zuni
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This lithograph shows a Zuni woman at work on the metate, the flat stone slab on which Pueblo women ground dried kernels of corn into meal by hand. The Zuni, who live in west-central New Mexico, had cultivated corn for centuries, and the daily grinding it required shaped household life and women's skilled labor. Printed in 1853, the image reflects a period when American audiences were becoming curious about the Southwest, and viewers today should consider who made it and for what audience.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1853 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,046 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123872 |
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