overall: 4.3 cm x 6 cm x 2 cm; 1 11/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 13/16 in
Object Name:
block
Object Type:
Wood Engraving
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
1888
Description:
This engraved woodblock of a “Vase with animal heads” was prepared by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Figure 137 (p.96) in an article by William Henry Holmes (1846-1933) entitled “Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia” in the <I>Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1884-85.</I>
