Engraved woodblock of a "Scalloped shell disk"

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer
Description:

This engraved woodblock of a “Scalloped shell disk” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate LIV (p.274) in an article by William Henry Holmes (18461933) entitled “Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans” in the Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1880-81. The disk was found in Nashville, Tennessee by Major John Wesley Powell. In a footnote to his article, Holmes identifies “Kate C. Osgood” as an accompanying artist on this expedition.

Date Made: 1883

Author: Holmes, William HenryPrinter: Government Printing OfficePublisher: Bureau of American Ethnology

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:

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1980.0219.1274Catalog Number: 1980.0219.1274Accession Number: 1980.0219

Object Name: blockObject Type: Wood Engraving

Physical Description: wood (overall material)engraving (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 11.4 cm x 10.6 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 1/2 in x 4 3/16 in x 7/8 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8fe6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_750265

Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.

If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.