overall: 13 cm x 11 cm x 2.3 cm; 5 1/8 in x 4 5/16 in x 7/8 in
Object Name:
block
Object Type:
Wood Engraving
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Associated Place:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
1884
Description:
This engraved woodblock of “Bringing down the batten” was prepared, after a photograph, by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; the image was published as Plate XXXVIII (p.390) in an article by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905) entitled “Navajo Weavers” in the <I>Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1881-82.</I>
