Engraved woodblock of "Huch'-nom tattooing"
Object Details
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- graphic artist
- Nichols, H. H.
- author
- Powers, Stephen
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of “Huch’-nom tattooing” was engraved by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1877 as Figure 14 (p.142) 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).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1877
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0363
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0363
- Object Name
- block
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.2 cm x 8.1 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 1/4 in x 3 3/16 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
- Tattoos
- Record ID
- nmah_749355
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8dcb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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