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Object Number 2004.29.6233
Display Title Reproduced colored drawings of two Secotan men.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Secotan Indians, Virginia (Algonquian). Anthropologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt a.M. Festschrift 1925. Secotan-Indianer in Festschmuck; Tafel I.; Secotan-Häuptling; Faksimile-Wiedegabe zweier Original-Aquarelle, welche John White 1585 in Virginien malte, und Theodor de Bry als Vorlagen zu seinen Stichen für die ,,Erklärung von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia", gedruckt su Frankfurt a.M. 1590, benutzte, Jetzt im Britischen Museum. Farbendruck von August Osterrieth in Frankfurt am Main. (See remarks for translation)"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Drawing and Graphics
Subject
  • Drawing
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date 1925
Culture
  • Algonquin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 22.86 x 30.48 cm (9 x 12 in.)

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