Engraved woodblock of the "Signal for 'buffalo discovered'"

Description:

This engraved woodblock of “Signal for ‘buffalo discovered’” was prepared by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Figure 337 on page 532 in an article by Garrick Mallery (1831-1894) entitled “Sign Language Among the North American Indians” in the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1879-80.

Date Made: 1881

Publisher: Bureau of American EthnologyPrinter: Government Printing OfficeMaker: Nichols, H. H.Author: Mallery, Garrick

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia, WashingtonAssociated Place: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: Native Americans

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1980.0219.1523Accession Number: 1980.0219Catalog Number: 1980.0219.1523

Object Name: blockObject Type: Wood Engraving

Physical Description: wood (overall material)engraving (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 10 cm x 17.6 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 15/16 in x 6 15/16 in x 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-a397-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_750514

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