Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native American artifacts]
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Accession number:
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14304
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Record number:
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14304-3
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JCB call number:
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DC A512t 1771 4
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Image title:
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[Native American artifacts]
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Creator 1:
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Vallance
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc.
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Place image published:
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[Philadelphia]
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Image publisher:
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[Thomas Dobson]
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Image date:
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[1799]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 4, following p. 180
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Technique:
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etching, engraving
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Image dimension height:
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22.8 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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19 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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25 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Native American artifacts, including hair ornament made of copper and a piece of bone with hieroglyphic carvings.
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Source Title:
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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Volume IV
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Source place of publication:
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Philadelphia
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Source publisher:
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Printed and sold by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone-House, No 41, South Second Street
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Source date:
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1799
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notes:
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Text describes the artifacts as being found in an Indian grave near Cincinnati, in present-day Ohio, by Colonel Winthrop Sarjent. The engraver may be John Vallance (1770-1823), a Scottish engraver active in Philadelphia.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1910.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
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