Electrotype of "Hu'petha"

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Object Details

printer

Government Printing Office

author

Flecher, Alice C.

LaFlesche, Francis

publisher

Bureau of American Ethnology

Description

This electrotype of “Hu’petha” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate 28 (p.163) in an article by Alice C. Fletcher (1838-1923) and Francis La Flesche (1857-1932) entitled “The Omaha Tribe” in the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1905-1906.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1911

ID Number

2000.0207.066

catalog number

2000.0207.066

accession number

2000.0207

Object Name

electrotype

block, electrotype

Object Type

Electrotype

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 18.8 cm x 13.5 cm x 2.3 cm; 7 3/8 in x 5 5/16 in x 7/8 in

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

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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/ng49ca746a1-8b28-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_684324