File:History of Inventions USNM 34 Metal Working.jpg
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English: No. 1. Overlaying with cold metal. Stilletto or staff of wood ; handle overlaid with thin sheets of copper pressed into depressions of the wood and
marked with crosslines. Congo region, Africa '. 174,743 No. 2. Armlets and necklaces in twisted wire and metal beads. Africa — 174,723 No. 3. Glove belonging to ancient armor. This specimen shows the method of wireworking in ax-mor-forming chain mail. No. 4. Edged weapon with socket, showing raised work on the surface. West Africa 169,255 No. 5. Double-bladed dagger from the northwest coast of America. Siberian type. Blade fluted and punched into the suggestion of a wolfs head and inlaid with haliotis shell 9,936 No. 6. African knife in common use among the Congo natives. Surface of the blade punched in lines to form a leaf-shaped pattern 130,931 No. 7. Brass plate, Turkish pattern. Surface chased and decorated by punch- ing 76,542 No. 8. Brass work chased, punched, and carved in geometric patterns. Piece in the center scraped 169,233 No. 9. Scabbard of a dagger. Example of embossed or repouss^ work. No. 10. Simple inlaying. Lead in pipestone, Sioux Indians ; silver in iron, Korea 130,786, 77.038 No. 11. Knife and sheath from Cordoba, Spain. Sheath of brass, chased; blnde steel, with brass ornaments set in 167,569 No. 12. Siamese dish of silver, the flattened border ornamented with overlaying in gold, embossed figures, the interstices filled with black cement. |
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| Source | Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl. |
| Author | United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C. |
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