Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
1908
Printed paper ephemera
Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Hubbell Trading Post at Ganado, Arizona, established by John Lorenzo Hubbell in 1878, became one of the most influential trading posts on the Navajo reservation and a primary point of exchange for Navajo weavings, silverwork, and other material. Hubbell actively shaped the market for Navajo textiles by commissioning weavings to specific design standards and distributing pattern cards to weavers, making the post a significant force in the development of the early 20th-century collector market. Printed ephemera from the post, including price lists and catalogs, provide direct documentary evidence of that trade.
This group, dated 1908, includes the original price list, offering a period record of the commercial activity at Hubbell during a formative moment in the history of the Southwest Indian art market. Such printed material from early reservation trading posts is seldom preserved and provides primary source documentation for the study of the trade.
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Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
1908
Printed paper ephemera
Provenance: Private collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Hubbell Trading Post at Ganado, Arizona, established by John Lorenzo Hubbell in 1878, became one of the most influential trading posts on the Navajo reservation and a primary point of exchange for Navajo weavings, silverwork, and other material. Hubbell actively shaped the market for Navajo textiles by commissioning weavings to specific design standards and distributing pattern cards to weavers, making the post a significant force in the development of the early 20th-century collector market. Printed ephemera from the post, including price lists and catalogs, provide direct documentary evidence of that trade.
This group, dated 1908, includes the original price list, offering a period record of the commercial activity at Hubbell during a formative moment in the history of the Southwest Indian art market. Such printed material from early reservation trading posts is seldom preserved and provides primary source documentation for the study of the trade.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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