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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3337 Southern Cheyenne anthropometric measurements and text collected by Truman Michelson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3337
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Haag, Mack
- Dates:
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1931
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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6 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Truman Michelson's anthropometric measurements of 23 Southern Cheyennes and a personal narrative by Mack Haag, also a Southern Cheyenne. The anthropometric data include tables of measurements and standard deviations. Haag's text, handwritten by him in English, is about consulting a Cheyenne medicine man and courtship and marriage customs. Includes occasional notes by Michelson.
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates are available online.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3337, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3337
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Anthropometrical data on 23 Southern Cheyennes, with tables of measurements and standard deviations Summer, 1931" 4/3/2014.
Keywords
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| Physical anthropology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- anthropometry | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Shamans | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Marriage customs and rites | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Courtship | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ethnology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Field notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Narratives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Manuscripts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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