A Santo Domingo Pueblo craftsman seated on a low wooden stool, hunched over a work board as he drills and strings rough turquoise beads. He wears a turquoise-blue headband, a loose white shirt with rolled sleeves and a leather apron, with scattered turquoise chips on the board and on the ground base at his feet.

The focused working pose, hand tools and half-finished bead strand capture a moment of traditional Southwestern lapidary craft, every detail from apron to footwear cleanly modeled.

An authentic cultural figure for a Southwestern trading-post or market diorama, a historical craft scene, or a model-railroad depiction of Pueblo life. Adds genuine regional character to a setting.