Engraved woodblock of an American Indian board and wrapping for a baby
Engraved woodblock of an American Indian board and wrapping for a baby
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- Description
- This engraved woodblock of an American Indian board and wrapping for a baby was printed and published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. for the Bureau of American Ethnology about 1880.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- block
- Object Type
- Wood Engraving
- date made
- ca 1880
- publisher
- Bureau of American Ethnology
- printer
- Government Printing Office
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- engraving (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 cm x 4.5 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1980.0219.0481
- accession number
- 1980.0219
- catalog number
- 1980.0219.0481
- subject
- Native Americans
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Science & Mathematics
- Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
- Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
- Communications
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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