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National Anthropological Archives
Guide to Henry Wood Elliott drawing of an Inuit boy from the Punuk Islands, 1874
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS18229
- Creators:
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Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930
- Dates:
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1874 August 18
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Drawings (visual works)ink8 x 10 inches
- Repository:
- Container:
- 18229
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one (1) drawing of an Inuit boy by Henry Wood Elliott. The drawing is inscribed "[Eskimo] Inuit Boy, Poonook, St. Lawrence Island August 18, 1874" and is signed and dated by the artist: "H. W. E., 1874."
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical Note
Biographical Note
Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930) was a conservationist, naturalist, artist and scientist. From 1862-1878 he worked for the Smithsonian Institution, studying and sketching natural history. In 1864 he travelled to British Columbia in his first field expedition. From 1869-1871 Elliott worked on the U.S. Geological Survey. Between 1872 and 1890 Elliott made three trips to Alaska to investigate seal conditions on the Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. His sketches of St. Paul's Island provided persuasive evidence of the need to stop the seal slaughter. He authored the first international wildlife conservation treaty, the Hay-Elliott Fur Seal Treaty of 1911. When not in the field Elliott lived in Cleveland, tending to local business matters and his vineyards.
Administration
Custodial History
The provenance of the collection is unknown; there is no accession information available. It may have been acquired from Edward W. Nelson along with the manuscript for the 18th BAE Annual Report.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Henry Wood Elliott drawing of an Inuit boy from the Punuk Islands (MS 18229), National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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The collection is open for research.
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Related Materials
Related Materials
The National Anthropological Archives holds additional drawings by Henry Wood Elliott in MS 7119.
Drawings by Henry Wood Elliott are also held by the Smithsonian Institution Archives; Archives of American Art; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; University of Alaska Museum; Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and others.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 18229
NAA INV 08529400
Publication Note
Publication Note
Published in:
Nelson, Edward W. The Eskimo About Bering Strait. Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology [...] 1896-1897. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. Fig 20, p 331.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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| Works of art | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [Ponuk Island, off St. Lawrence Island] | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Eskimo/Inuit | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| North America | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Arctic regions | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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