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Engraved woodblock of a "New Zealand tattooed head and chin mark"

Object Details

Description
This engraved woodblock of a “New Zealand tattooed head and chin mark” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Figure 35 (p.75) in an article by Garrick Mallery (1831-1894) entitled “Pictographs of the North American Indians: a preliminary paper” in the Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1882-83.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
publisher
Bureau of American Ethnology
printer
Government Printing Office
author
Mallery, Garrick
date made
1886
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
engraving (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 5.7 cm x 7.8 cm x 2.2 cm; 2 1/4 in x 3 1/16 in x 7/8 in
Object Name
block
Object Type
Wood Engraving
Engraved woodblock of a New Zealand tattooed head and chin mark
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