The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

American Ethnological Society

"American Ethnological Society." New York Saturday Press, June 14, 1859, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
journalism
Abstract

A report of the happenings at the June fourth meeting of the American Ethnological Society. Dr. Davis shows his large collection of American antiquities to the group. Then, the Treasurer of the society shows a golden figure of a man found in one of the Chincha Islands. A paper written by the same man about Peruvian relics is presented, and a discussion led by Dr. Davis follows.