Perforated Stones From California Ex-Cabrillo National Monument Library Copy

Henshaw, Henry Wetherbee

Published by Smithsonian Institute, Washington D. C., 1887

About this Item

Octavo, [2cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers and attached to stiff library cover, pp. 34. Fully Illustrated with photogravure engravings, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Henry Wetherbee Henshaw(1850 1930) was anAmericanornithologistand ethnologist. He worked at the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology from 1888 to 1892 and was editor of the journalAmerican Anthropologist. In 1872 Henshaw joined the Wheeler Survey as anaturalist, and in 1874 had his most successful field expedition, going fromSanta Fe, New MexicotoGila Riverand south-westernArizona. There he met with the nativeApaches, and caught specimens for the Smithsonian. In 1875, he returned to Washington, and was approached byJohn Wesley Powellof theBureau of Ethnology.Along withC. Hart MerriamandGrove Karl Gilbert, Henshaw set out West on theUnited States Geological Survey, where in addition to his ornithological work, Henshaw worked onlinguisticsandanthropology, eventually compiling two volume book titledHandbook of North American Indians North of Mexico. Seller Inventory # 29539

Bibliographic Details

Title: Perforated Stones From California ...

Publisher: Smithsonian Institute, Washington D. C.

Publication Date: 1887

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: In quite good condition.