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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Burial customs - A-L

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Four-post coffin
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Wallach Division Picture Collection

Burial customs - A-L

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1874
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - (A-L)
Topics
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
Scaffold burial
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Alaska
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Alaska
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Content: Burial site of the "Koloschian" people. Canoe and other possessions of the deceased placed over box containing body.
Source note: The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe. (Guelph, Ontario : J. W. Lyon, 1874) Hartwig, G. (Georg) (1813-1880), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 9.6 x 12.5 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17706061
Barcode: 33333159464318
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d27712f0-c53c-012f-2eef-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1874: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Four-post coffin" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1874. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd0c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Four-post coffin" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd0c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1874). Four-post coffin Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd0c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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