Engraved woodblock of a "Navajo blanket"

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Description:

This engraved woodblock of "Navaho blanket" was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published as Figure 52 (p.387) in an article by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905) entitled “Navajo Weavers” in the Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1881-82.

Date Made: 1884

Printer: Government Printing OfficePublisher: Bureau of American EthnologyAuthor: Matthews, Washington

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: District of Columbia

Subject: Native Americans

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1980.0219.0421Accession Number: 1980.0219Catalog Number: 1980.0219.0421

Object Name: blockObject Type: Wood Engraving

Physical Description: wood (overall material)engraving (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 10.2 cm x 7 cm x 2.4 cm; 4 in x 2 3/4 in x 15/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-66cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_749413

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