Object Details
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- block maker
- V. W. & Co.
- Description
- This engraved woodblock of seven American Indians inside an enclosure was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. for the Bureau of American Ethnology in about 1880. The engraving is marked with the initials WLS and DN for the original and graphic artists. The full names of the artists have not yet been identified.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1880
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.1121
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.1121
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- Object Name
- block
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 cm x 12.6 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 7/8 in
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Associated Place
- United States: New York, New York City
- 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_750113
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7197-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
