Engraved woodblock of a "Navajo Indian with silver ornaments"

Description:

This engraved woodblock of “Navajo Indian with silver ornaments" was prepared, after a photograph, by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published as Plate XX (p. 178) in an article by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905) entitled “Navajo Silversmiths” in the Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1880-81.

Date Made: 1883

Publisher: Bureau of American EthnologyPrinter: Government Printing OfficeAuthor: Matthews, WashingtonBlock Maker: J. J. & Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, WashingtonAssociated Place: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: Native Americans

Subject:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1980.0219.0442Accession Number: 1980.0219Catalog Number: 1980.0219.0442

Object Name: blockObject Type: Wood Engraving

Physical Description: wood (overall material)engraving (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 13.2 cm x 7 cm x 2.3 cm; 5 3/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5939-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_749434

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