Second Annual Report of the bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1880-1881 [Native Americans, Zuni]

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued.

Brown publisher's cloth with stamped gilt emblem of Native American Chief with gilt spine titles. Tall 4to; 11.75 inches tall; xxxvii, 477 pages : 77 plates, figures. 1-35, 347-714 (382 of these forming 98 plates), (some color with tissue guards), 2 maps. plates, maps.

The bindings are firm with openings to the paper on the front hinge. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with rubbed corners and spine tips.  Area of a damp-stain on the rear board
. Contents:
Powell's Report
*** Zuni Fetiches, by Frank Hamilton Cushing;  
*** Myths of the Iroquois, by Erminnie A. Smith;  
*** Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi valley, by Henry W. Henshaw;  
*** Navajo Silversmiths, by Dr. Washington Matthews;  
*** Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans, by William H. Holmes;   *** Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona in 1879, by James Stevenson;   Illustrated catalogue of the collections obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880, by James Stevenson. 

Background Information:
John Wesley Powell, the second Director (1881-1894) of the U.S. Geological Survey, is highly regarded in several fields: as an explorer, geologist, geographer, and ethnologist. The Survey's proud tradition of mapping the nation was largely established under Powell's leadership.

Ref: Smithsonian (online); USGS