Electrotype of “Corn from basket maker caves"

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Object Details

publisher

Bureau of American Ethnology

printer

Government Printing Office

author

Kidder, Alfred Vincent

Guernsey, Samuel J.

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

date made

1919

ID Number

2000.0207.124

catalog number

2000.0207.124

accession number

2000.0207

Object Name

electrotype

block, electrotype

Object Type

Electrotype

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

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Cultures & Communities

Communications

Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection

Science & Mathematics

Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Native Americans

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f83b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_684383