Engraved woodblock of the "Dance of the Nahikai"
date: label: date made
content: 1887
name: label: publisher
content: Bureau of American Ethnology
label: printer
content: Government Printing Office
label: graphic artist
content: Nichols, H. H.
label: author
content: Matthews, Washington
label: block maker
content: A. P. J. & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This engraved woodblock of the “Dance of the Nahikai” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate XII (p.438) in an article by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905) entitled “The Mountain Chant: a Navajo ceremony” in the <I>Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1883-84.</I> The illustration was engraved by Henry Hobart Nichols (1838-1887).
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
label: See more items in
content: Cultures & Communities
label: See more items in
content: Communications
label: See more items in
content: Wood Blocks for early Bureau of American Ethnology Publications, Graphic Arts Collection
label: See more items in
content: Science & Mathematics
label: See more items in
content: Religion
label: See more items in
content: Wood Engravings, Graphic Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0219.1539
label: accession number
content: 1980.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0219.1539
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: 12 cm x 20 cm x 2.3 cm; 4 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 7/8 in