8 pages with 9 plates.Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Reprint from number 2895 Proceedings of the United States National Museum Volume 79, Art 29. American anthropologist and archaeologist. Walter Hough worked for the United States National Museum for nearly 50 years, from January 1886 until his death in September 1935. Hough joined the museum in the era of the world fairs, when the staff were wholly occupied with cataloguing collections presented to the United States by foreign governments and other exhibitors at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Some of these new accessions were the basis of short papers written by Hough in subsequent years. Between 1892 and 1926, the museum provided exhibition material for no fewer than 16 expositions and he played an active part in preparing exhibits for these. Condition: Previous owner's name on title page and front wrapper else very good.

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Bookseller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BOOKS006952
Title: The Buffalo Motive in Middle Celebes Decorative Design
Author: Walter Hough (1859-1935)
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Government Printing Office 1932 Washington
Place of Publication: Washington, DC
Date Published: 1932
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: ART
Bookseller catalogs: Anthropology;
Size: Royal octavo

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