A seated Native American elder works a hand spindle, drawing raw cotton into thread while perched on a stone. He wears a teal tunic with an embroidered sash, brown leggings and beaded moccasins on a patterned woven mat, with a headband over long grey hair.

The craft pose brings quiet daily life to a pueblo, trading-post or frontier diorama and suits a heritage or living-history display scene.