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Indian art in pipestone : George Catlin's portfolio in the British Museum

Title
Indian art in pipestone : George Catlin's portfolio in the British Museum / John C. Ewers, editor.
Author
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Publication
[London] : British Museum Publications ; Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979.

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Book/TextRestricted use Arents Ref. 96-181Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
British Museum. Department of Ethnography
Description
80 p. : ill. (some col.); 22 x 29 cm.
Subject
  • Catlin, George, 1796-1872 > Art collections
  • Catlin, George, 1796-1872
  • Calumets
  • Indian sculpture > North America
  • Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Note
  • First publication of the Catlin ms., housed in the Dept. of Ethnography at the British Museum.
  • The ms., titled "A selection of Indian pipes in Catlin's North American Indian collection, the drawings made and coloured from the originals by his own hand," consists of 23 plates with Catlin's watercolor drawings of calumets and other Indian artifacts (chiefly reproduced in black and white), with his commentary. Additional ill. include reproductions of other Catlin drawings and paintings and photos. of artifacts from his collection.
  • Includes (p. 69-77) facsim. of "Account of a journey to the Côteau des prairies, with a description of the red pipe stone quarry and granite bowlders found there; by Mr. George Catlin, in a letter to Dr. Charles T. Jackson," from the American journal of science and arts, v. 38, no. 1 (1839).
  • Binding: Publisher's white paper boards, illustrated with col. reproduction of Catlin's drawing of 2 calumets.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [78]-80.
Call Number
Arents Ref. 96-181
ISBN
0874744202
LCCN
78002974
OCLC
  • 3771086
  • NYPG96-B1556
Author
Catlin, George, 1796-1872.
Title
Indian art in pipestone : George Catlin's portfolio in the British Museum / John C. Ewers, editor.
Imprint
[London] : British Museum Publications ; Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979.
Edition
lst ed.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. [78]-80.
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British Museum. Department of Ethnography.
Research Call Number
Arents Ref. 96-181
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