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Catalogue of casts representing one hundred specimens of antiques found in the mounds of the West : originals collected E.H. Davis. [microform]

 Item
Identifier: Archives Microfilm #13

Dates

  • 1874

Extent

1 v. (16 leaves) ; (1 v. (16 leaves) ; 21 cm.)

Language of Materials

English

Location of Originals Note

Indicator 1 Holder of originals: American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Anthropology. Acc. no. 1869-1890/15.

Publication Date

[1874?]

General Note

Holograph.

General Note

Cover title: Catalogue of casts of American antiquities.

General Note

Caption title: Catalogue of casts representing some unique specimens of aboriginal art, collected E.H. Davis, the originals being now in the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England.

General Note

Catalogue of 103 objects, listed and described on recto of leaves in notebook. The first 47 items are calumets and pipes; the others include objects from Mexico, Central America, and Peru. The entries are also numbered 563-665 in pencil in continuation of: Catalogue of American antiquities collected by Dr. Edwin H. Davis.

General Note

The casts are in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History.

General Note

Original in the AMNH Dept. of Anthropology (Acc. no. 1869-1890/15)

Reproduction Note

Type of reproduction--Microfilm.; Place of reproduction--[New York, N.Y. :; Agency responsible for reproduction--The Museum: Date of reproduction--1987]. Physical description of reproduction--1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm. On same reel as Davis's Catalogue of American antiquities collected by Dr. Edwin H. Davis.

Related / Analytical Title

Catalogue of casts of American antiquities [[microform]].

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Sponsor
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017).

Repository Details

Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository

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