Object Details
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- graphic artist
- Nichols, H. H.
- author
- Powers, Stephen
- original artist
- Bartle, D. H.
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of “Captain John, a Ni’-shi-nam chief” was prepared by engraver Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1877 as Figure 27 (p.314) in an article by Stephen Powers (1840-1904) entitled “Tribes of California” in Contributions to North American Ethnology v.3. Contributions was published by the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey, a precursor to the Bureau of American Ethnology under the direction of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). D. H. Bartle created the original image.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1877
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0350
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0350
- Object Name
- block
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.4 cm x 7.5 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 5/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 7/8 in
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Communications
- Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
- Science & Mathematics
- Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Native Americans
- Record ID
- nmah_749342
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-9bf9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
