Engraved woodblock of "Captain John, a Ni'-shi-nam chief"
date: label: date made
content: 1877
name: label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: graphic artist
content: Nichols, H. H.
label: author
content: Powers, Stephen
label: original artist
content: Bartle, D. H.
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of “Captain John, a Ni’-shi-nam chief” was prepared by engraver Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887) and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in 1877 as Figure 27 (p.314) in an article by Stephen Powers (1840-1904) entitled “Tribes of California” in <I>Contributions to North American Ethnology v.3.</I> <I>Contributions</I> 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). D. H. Bartle created the original image.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Native Americans
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Communications
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content: Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0219.0350
label: accession number
content: 1980.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.0350
objectType: label: Object Name
content: block
label: Object Type
content: Wood Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: engraving (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.4 cm x 7.5 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 5/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 7/8 in