Two Notebook Pages from Foshag's San Agustin Acasaguastlan Field Notebook
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Creator: Foshag, William F
Form/Genre: Object
Date: c. 1949
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 91-144, Box 1, Folder: Field Notebooks (Re: Jade)
From the San Agustin Acasaguastlan, Guatemala, field notebook of William F. Foshag, curator in the Geology Department at the National Museum of Natural History, two notebook pages regarding jade samples. On one of the pages there is a rubbing of a jade carving (sample 4734.) Foshag conducted an extensive survey of jade in Central America.
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For more examples of William F. Foshag's notebooks see SIA2011-0943, SIA2011-0944, SIA2011-0946.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 91-144, Box 1, Folder: Field Notebooks (Re: Jade)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1949
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Guatemala
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Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 12 7/16w x 8.25h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Document