ELIZABETH WILLETO IGNACIO

In an interview for the Archives of American Art Chuck Rosenak recalled his photograph of Navajo woodcarver Elizabeth Willeto Ignacio (b. 1926): "She didn't speak a word of English but her son Harold was there and Harold told her that we'd like to photograph her and she went inside the hogan and put on all this jewelry. Most Navajo women do not feel dressed unless they are wearing their jewelry and then she came out and sat again next to the hogan and I took this picture of her. This piece that's next to her we bought."