Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States : collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847
Schoolcraft's 1851 government-commissioned survey of the Indian tribes of the United States, compiled under the Bureau of Indian Affairs and published in Philadelphia for Congress and a general readership. The plates are engraved and lithographed views of artifacts and scenes, with one fragmentary engraving of dark, tangled foliage and winged figures, and a second plate showing carved and sculpted ceremonial objects drawn in tonal grey wash, offering designers examples of hand-shaped, sculpted object forms and dense hatched engraving textures.
