Drawing of an archaeological specimen from St. Johns, New Brunswick
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: USNM Accession 8067

USNM Catalog 35568

NAA INV 08533800
label: Publication Note
content: A version of the drawing and a discussion of the object it depicts were published in:

Matthew, G.F. A Supposed Specimen of Aboriginal Art. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1881. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. pp. 672-673.
name: label: Artist
content: Brown, R.
place: label: Place
content: New Brunswick (Canada)
label: Place
content: North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
creator: label: Artist
content: Brown, R.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (watercolor, 10.25 x 7.75 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879 July 30
container: label: Container
content: Box 87734 / 87817 / 87818, Folder 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawing was donated to the United States National Museum by Isaac Allen Jack in 1879, along with a cast of the sculpture (USNM Accession 8067). The drawing was found among drawings of archaeological specimens by A. Zeno Shindler when those drawings were transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS87734
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Watercolors
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) drawing of a carved stone head found near St. John's, New Brunswick.  The drawing is captioned: "Drawn by R. Brown.  Saint John N.B. 30th July 1879."


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