Marcia Bakry (born 1937) is an American artist and the

scientific illustrator Technical Illustration is illustration meant to visually communicate information of a technical nature. Technical illustrations can be components of technical drawings or diagrams. Technical illustrations in general aim "to generate expressive ...

for the Smithsonian's

National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. In 2021, with 7 ...

's Department of

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. Her illustrations are included in various academic books and scholarly articles. Books featuring her work include ''Mississippian Communities and Households'', ''Handbook of North American Indians, V. 12, Plateau'', and ''Anthropology Explored, Second Edition''. Her art was shown at the 2017 Artists at Work exhibition at the Smithsonian's

S. Dillon Ripley Center The S. Dillon Ripley Center, better known simply as the Ripley Center, is one of the buildings of the Smithsonian Institution series of museums located in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The above-ground portion is only a small pagoda, and ...

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