Matilda Coxe Stevenson
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Matilda Coxe Stevenson, who also wrote under the name Tilly E. Stevenson, was an American anthropologist. She was the first woman ever employed as an anthropologist in the U.S. She was also the first
circa 1870
Sick Boy in Ceremonial Chamber of Giant Society from Matilda Coxe Stevenson's the Sia
Photograph of Zuñi Sun Priest taken with camera circa 1890s from The Zuni Indians: Their Mythology Esoteric Fraternities and Ceremonies
We'wha
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We'wha was a Zuni Native American lhamana from New Mexico, and a notable weaver and potter. As the most famous lhamana on record, We'wha served as a cultural ambassador for Native Americans in general
Matilda Coxe Stevenson
…stolen), pottery, cookware, medicine, and clothes. During these expeditions with her husband, in 1881 Matilda Stevenson met her life long Zuni friend, We'wha, a lhamana. We'wha would be instrumental in helping to facilitate interactions between Matilda and the Zuni until We'wha's death. In 1885, Stevenson…
We'wha, a Zuni lhamana, circa 1886
We'wha working at a backstrap loom
We'wha, undated photograph; acquired in New Mexico in 1920
We'wha weaving at a blanket loom during a 1880s visit to Washington, D.C.