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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3230 Shell Mounds of Latitude 42 02ʹ, 42 05ʹ, & 42 15ʹ, Coast of Oregon; Description of stone and other implements found in them with some notes on existing tribes of that section of the coast.
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3230
- Creators:
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Chase, Alexander W.
- Dates:
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December, 1873
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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75 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
According to Dr. Thomas Blackburn (10/15/2001), the existing Indians referred to are Yurok and Hupa, although the author sometimes refers to them as "Klamaths." Pencil and ink drawings in the text include drawings of artifacts, and sketch entitled, "Method of Wearing Nose Ornament of bone. ̀Gabrielʹ a Mak-nea-te-ny-seen at Alseya Reserve, Oregon, 1868." The 7 photographs and 18 original color drawings referred to on an earlier catalog card are not present; marginal notes in the manuscript refer to plates "in Professor Bairdʹs hands."
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm reel #15
Custodial History
The manuscript is marked, "Received. Smithsonian Institution 1874, January 28; an old catalog card reads, "Sent to Bureau from U. S. National Museum, January 7, 1933." Presented by Cyrus Thomas, acc to old x-ref.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3230, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3230
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Nose ornament | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
American Indians -- Oregon | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Yurok | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hupa | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- California | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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