Engraved woodblock of cliff dwellings and pueblos
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: original artist
content: Moran, Thomas
label: graphic artist
content: Minton, John
label: block maker
content: V. W. & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of cliff dwellings and pueblos was prepared by John Minton and the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the print was published in John Wesley Powell's <I>Report of the Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution</I> in 1875. Thomas Moran (1837-1926) was the original artist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: 1980.0219.1512
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.1512
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: 9.7 cm x 12.5 cm x 2.3 cm; 3 13/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 7/8 in