Object Details
publisher
Bureau of American Ethnology
printer
Government Printing Office
graphic artist
Nichols, H. H.
author
Powers, Stephen
Description
This engraved woodblock of “Huch’-nom tattooing” was engraved by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1877 as Figure 14 (p.142) in an article by Stephen Powers (1840-1904) entitled “Tribes of California” in Contributions to North American Ethnology v.3. Contributions was published by the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey, a precursor to the Bureau of American Ethnology under the direction of John Wesley Powell (1834-1902).
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1877
ID Number
1980.0219.0363
accession number
1980.0219
catalog number
1980.0219.0363
Object Name
block
Object Type
Wood Engraving
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
engraving (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 8.2 cm x 8.1 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 1/4 in x 3 3/16 in x 7/8 in
place made
United States: District of Columbia
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Native Americans
Tattoos
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_749355