Tulalip women carding & spinning wool on porch, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington, 1898

Two women with scarves on their heads, and shawls pinned over their shoulders sit on small porch. Woman on right sits at spinning wheel, spinning the wool; woman on left is carding wool with two carders. Basket holds uncarded wool and several half-finished socks, on floor are bundled knitted socks.Caption on image: Curtis. 895. Copyrighted 1898.Note from unidentified source: Two women carding & spinning wool at Tulalip, with knitted socks and coiled basket in foreground; woman on right may be William Shelton's mother.