Christmas postcard from Edgar and Donizetta A. Hewett featuring a photograph of sculpture "The Inscruptable Owl," by Salvatore Scarpitta

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Local Identifier

PAAC.056.0706

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Extent

4 x 5 in.

Physical Form

Note

Note Type	biographical/historical
Note	Salvatore Scarpitta sculpted a bust of Edgar L. Hewett that was created and dedicated to the Museum of San Diego in 1923. In 1947, following the death of Edgar Hewett, the bust was moved to the New Mexico Museum of Art in Sante Fe, where Hewett's ashes are interred.

Note	This bust is held by the New Mexico Museum of Art, item number 1845.23S

Note Type	additional physical form
Note	Duplicate copies PAAC.056.0706b, PAAC.056.0706c, PAAC.056.0706d.

Note Type	funding
Note	Digitization of the Edgar L. Hewett Document (AC105) and Photograph (PAAC 0056) Collections was supported by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission [Grant No.RH-103400-22].

Physical Location

New Mexico History Museum

Sub Location

Palace of the Governors Photo Archives

Use and Reproduction

General use information available at https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/collections/photo-archives/order-photos

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