Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg: Ethnological Heads (ca. 1891) in Washington, D.C. by Henry Jackson Ellicott, William Boyd, Otis T Mason, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area

Henry Jackson Ellicott, William Boyd, Otis T Mason, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz(click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's Capitol Hill area(click link for more in that area)Scroll down for 24 pictures
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Each of thirty-three keystones, located on all four sides of the building, is carved in the shape of a human head.

In what follows, we begin in the main entrance area on the west side of the building and,
walking to the right, circle the building in counter-clockwise (from above) direction.

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Russian Slav

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Blonde European

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Brunette European

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0000001/00195_0010013549 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

Modern Greek

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0000001/00195_0010013559 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

Facing the main entrance (central portion of the building), left to right

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Persian - Circassian - Hindu
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0000001/00195_0010013579 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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0000001/00195_0000002150 (added ca. 2006)

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0000001/00195_0000002160 (added ca. 2006)

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0000001/00195_0000002170 (added ca. 2006)

Hungarian - Semite - Arabian
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0000001/00195_0010013589 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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0000001/00195_0000002070 (added ca. 2006)

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0000001/00195_0000002080 (added ca. 2006)

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0000001/00195_0000002090 (added ca. 2006)

Turkish - Modern Egyptian - Abyssinian
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Malayan- Polynesian - Australian
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0000001/00195_0010013609 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

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0000001/00195_0000002110 (added ca. 2006)

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0000001/00195_0000002120 (added ca. 2006)

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0000001/00195_0000002130 (added ca. 2006)

Negrito - Zulu - Papuan - Sudan Negro - Akka
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Fuegian - Botocudo - Pueblo Indian
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Esquimo - Plains Indian -Samoyede
Facing the north side of the building, these are on the far left

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Korean - Japanese - Aino
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Burmese - Tibetan - Chinese
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0000001/00195_0010013519 (added ca. 3/29/2007)

The southwest corner of the building.

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 42 Item #1.26; Capitol Hill area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p74 Item #A-25)
Medium: Granite
Artist: Henry Jackson Ellicott, William Boyd, Otis T Mason, Edward Pierce Casey, J L Smithmeyer, Paul J Pelz(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Nationalities
Location: Independence Ave & 1st St SE Washington, D.C. Library of Congress
See Capitol Hill areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Capitol South(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76005272 (dcMem ID #195 )

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