Art, Hand Colored Prints, Pair, Bureau of Ethnology, 21st Annual Report, Vintage, 1242 Size:N/S split and coming away in

split and coming away in places

length: 40"

dimensions: 13 1/4" x 7 7/8"

hallmark: D (laid on side over an arrow symbol) STERLING

Art, Hand Colored Prints, Pair, Bureau of Ethnology, 21st Annual Report, Vintage, 1242 Size:N/S split and coming away inAN AMAZING PIECE OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY American anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes was assigned by the Bureau of American Ethnology to compile a report on the Hopi people, and he believed Hopi art would be a valuable means of studying the symbolism of the tribe. He asked their best artists to draw pictures of the kachinas spirits they believed in, and heliotype prints like these were made to accompany his report. They'd be a beautiful addition to