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Catalogue of antiquities and curiosities collected in the territory of Alaska / by Edward G. Fast

Fast, Edward Gustavus · 1869 · New York : Leavitt Strebeigh & Co. · 9 pictures

A catalogue of antiquities and curiosities gathered in Alaska, compiled by Edward G. Fast and published in New York by Leavitt Strebeigh & Co. in 1869, listing Indigenous North American objects for an exhibition. The plates show numbered engraved drawings of carved masks, weapons, ornaments, figures and tools, with a designer able to draw on their sculptural, stylised geometric carving and the repeated motifs of the objects.

Indians of North America -- Alaska -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions · Alaska -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions

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