Aboriginal American Basketry Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Showing the Operations, Expenditures and Conditio

Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Pr Inc. Very Good. 1984. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 0873800125 . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and spine joints have rubbing, bumping and edge wear. There are several spots of ground-in dirt to the covers, including an inch long white mark to the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "He graduated from Columbian University in 1861, then worked there for 23 years, as principal of the college's preparatory school (1861–84). He first became affiliated with the United States National Museum in 1872, working as a collaborator in ethnology. This in 1884 turned into a full-time position as curator. The Smithsonian had recently built its first purpose-built museum building, the U. S. National Museum building (or Arts and Industries Building). Mason worked closely with George Brown Goode in the installation and reorganization of the museum collections that came with the move into that new building. In 1879 he was one of the founders of the Anthropological Society of Washington, and authored its constitution." (from Wikipedia) .