Electrotype of “Corn from basket maker caves"

Electrotype of “Corn from basket maker caves"

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Description
This electrotype of “Corn from basket maker caves” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate 65 (p.152) in an article by Alfred Vincent Kidder (1885-1963) and Samuel J. Guernsey (1868-1936) entitled “Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona” in Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 61, (1919).
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
electrotype
block, electrotype
Object Type
Electrotype
date made
1919
publisher
Bureau of American Ethnology
printer
Government Printing Office
author
Kidder, Alfred Vincent
Guernsey, Samuel J.
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 11 cm x 15 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 5/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 7/8 in
ID Number
2000.0207.124
catalog number
2000.0207.124
accession number
2000.0207
subject
Native Americans
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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