Engraved woodblock of the "Signal for 'buffalo discovered'"

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Object Details

publisher

Bureau of American Ethnology

printer

Government Printing Office

maker

Nichols, H. H.

author

Mallery, Garrick

Description

This engraved woodblock of “Signal for ‘buffalo discovered’” was prepared by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Figure 337 on page 532 in an article by Garrick Mallery (1831-1894) entitled “Sign Language Among the North American Indians” in the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1879-80.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1881

ID Number

1980.0219.1523

accession number

1980.0219

catalog number

1980.0219.1523

Object Name

block

Object Type

Wood Engraving

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

engraving (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 10 cm x 17.6 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 15/16 in x 6 15/16 in x 7/8 in

place made

United States: District of Columbia, Washington

Associated Place

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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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/ng49ca746a5-a397-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_750514