Anton Schönborn drawings and engravings of Chukchee and Inuit subjects
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 87817

NAA INV 08535000

NAA INV 08535100

NAA INV 08535201

NAA INV 08535202

NAA INV 08935900

NAA INV 08936000

NAA INC 08936101

NAA INV 08936102

NAA INV 08936200
name: label: Creator
content: Schönborn, Anton, 1829-1871
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arctic regions
creator: label: Creator
content: Schönborn, Anton, 1829-1871
culture: label: Culture
content: Chukchee
label: Culture
content: Eskimo/Inuit
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Anton Schönborn was a German-born artist who was employed by the United States government on several topographical surveys.  In 1853, he joined the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, which traveled to the Bering Sea.  In the late 1850s, he was employed as an illustrator for the Smithsonian Institution.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Drawings (visual works) (pencil and ink)
label: Extent
content: 4 Engravings
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1853
container: label: Container
content: Box 87817
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the collection is unclear; there is no accession information available.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS87817
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: Engravings
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The drawings were originally cataloged by the BAE/NAA as part of the Source Print Collection (Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects; PhotoLot 24), and the engravings were cataloged as separate collection titled "Eskimos and kayaks, and Indian (?) wrestlers."  In 2023, the drawings and engravings were combined into a single collection.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Engravings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of four (4) drawings made and/or collected by Anton Schönborn and four (4) engravings based on the drawings.  Three drawings are by Schönborn. They depict two men wrestling; a group of people on shore watching a person paddle a kayak; and a family including a man wearing back armor and carrying a bow and arrow.  The engravings associated with these drawings are all inscribed "Anton Schonborn del."  The fourth drawing depicts a man and is labeled  labeled: "E. Petitot. O.M.I. Chef-Esqimau de la tribu des Tchizareni."  It is unclear if this is a drawing by Emile Petitot or a copy by Schönborn.  Both this drawing and its associated engraving were found with the Schönborn drawings and engravings.  

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