Object Details
- Variant Title
- Previously titled: Alaskan Eskimos and Indians, and an Eskimo burial site
- Artist
- Unknown
- Place
- Alaska
- North America
- Arctic regions
- Artist
- Unknown
- Culture
- Eskimo/Inuit
- Bella Coola
- Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
- Tanana
- Tlingit
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- Lithographs from Report on the Population, Industries, and Resources of Alaska
- Extent
- 7 Lithographs (color, 9.5 x 12 inches)
- Date
- 1884
- Container
- Box 87827
- Custodial History
- The provenance of the collection is unknown. The lithographs were found in USNM collection; no catalog or accession numbers have been located. The lithographs were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1969.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS87827
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Graphic Materials
- Lithographs
- Works of art
- Citation
- Lithographs from Report on the Population, Industries, and Resources of Alaska (MS 87827), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- Works of art
- Lithographs
- Scope and Contents
- The collection consists of seven (7) color lithographs from: Petroff, Ivan. Report on the Population, Industries, and Resources of Alaska. United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884. The lithographs are signed by the lithographer, A. Hoen & co. The artist's name is not provided on the lithographs or in the text of the publication. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1637269230466-1637269230474-0
