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Frank Nicholas Meyer collection of Chinese prints

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Local Numbers
NAA MS 253207 USNM Accession 49472
Collector
Meyer, Frank Nicholas
Place
Wutai Xian (China)
East Asia
Topic
Architecture
Provenance
The prints were given to Frank Nicholas Meyer by the head priest of a temple at Mount Wutai. Meyer donated the collection to the Smithsonian in 1908 (USNM Accession 46472). The collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives at an unknown date prior to 1984.
Collector
Meyer, Frank Nicholas
Culture
Chinese
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Frank Nicholas Meyer collection of Chinese prints
Bigraphical Note
Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875-1918) was an agricultural explorer in China for the US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry.
Extent
5 Prints
Date
undated
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.MS253207
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Works of art
Woodblock prints
Citation
Frank Nicholas Meyer collection of Chinese prints (MS 253207), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
The items in this collection were originally cataloged individually by the NAA under their USNM catalog numbers, MS 253207, MS 253208, and MS 253209. In 2023, the collection was reprocessed and all items were incorporated into a single collection under MS 253207.
Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form
Works of art
Woodblock prints
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of five (5) prints collected by Meyer in Shanxi, China. One print is a plan for a temple, and there are two sets of two prints of Chinese characters. 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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today.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.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1538037624381-1538037624383-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw354f525ee-babb-4d3b-be3d-a663ccb1f65b

In the Collection

  • Plan for the Nanchan temple at Mount Wutai

  • Ancient Chinese characters

  • Ancient Chinese characters

Print of a plan for a Chinese temple
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