Engraved woodblock of a "Tobacco Pipe"
date: label: date made
content: 1877
name: label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: maker
content: Chase, A. W.
label: author
content: Powers, Stephen
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of a “Tobacco Pipe” was engraved, printed, and published in 1877 by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. as part of Figure 43 (p.426) in “Tribes of California” by Stephen Powers (1840-1904), an article in the <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).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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: 1980.0219.0876
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.0876
label: accession number
content: 1980.0219
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: 1.6 cm x 11.2 cm x 2.4 cm; 5/8 in x 4 7/16 in x 15/16 in