Electrotype of "Toshkachito holds a Choctow blowgun in shooting position"

Description:

This electrotype of “Toshkachito holds a Choctow blowgun in shooting position” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate 20 (p.37) in an article by David I. Bushnell, Jr. (1875-1941) entitled “The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana” in Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 48, (1909).

Date Made: 1909

Publisher: Bureau of American EthnologyPrinter: Government Printing OfficeAuthor: Bushnell, Jr., David I.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Subject: Native Americans

Subject:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2000.0207.091Catalog Number: 2000.0207.091Accession Number: 2000.0207

Object Name: electrotypeblock, electrotypeObject Type: Electrotype

Physical Description: wood (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 11.3 cm x 17.2 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 7/16 in x 6 3/4 in x 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-eb9b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_684350

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