Engraved woodblock of an "Eskimo child's clothing"

Engraved woodblock of an "Eskimo child's clothing"

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Description
This engraved woodblock of “Eskimo child’s clothing” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Figure 512 (p.557) in an article by Franz Boas (1858-1942) entitled “The Central Eskimo” in the Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian,1884-85.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
block
Object Type
Wood Engraving
date made
1888
publisher
Bureau of American Ethnology
printer
Government Printing Office
author
Boas, Franz
place made
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Physical Description
engraving (overall production method/technique)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8.7 cm x 4.3 cm x 2.2 cm; 3 7/16 in x 1 11/16 in x 7/8 in
ID Number
1980.0219.0477
accession number
1980.0219
catalog number
1980.0219.0477
subject
Native Americans
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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