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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3462 Cherokee drawings of plants
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3462
- Creators:
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921
- Dates:
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1899
- Languages:
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Cherokeesyllabary
- Physical Description:
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2 Sheets8 x 12 1/2 inches1 Itemnotebook (49 pages4 x 8 inches
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Two sheets with pencil drawings of 35 plants, each accompanied by a legend in the Cherokee syllabary. Also small black notebook containing miscellaneous notes on Cherokee, etc, and a list of Choctaw clans. Pages 1-4 are headed, "Hawanitaʹs Plant Pictures" with 35 plant names, probably corresponding to the drawings. The remainder of the notebook covers: miscellaneous notes, including stories by Cherokee informants (6 pages); vocabulary and notes relating to disease (17 pages); circular burial diagram and notes (1 page); "Cherokee Nation Index," which gives page references to some other publication or manuscript. Papers of Chas. Buttrick, Jr. (3 pages); "Adair", notes (2 pages); transcripts of letters, in Mooneyʹs shorthand (3 pages); miscellaneous notes (1 page); "Chey (?) Race Story" (2 pages); "Locations Cherokee" (2 pages); names and addresses of informants; notes on Choctaw and adjacent tribes, including list of Choctaw Clans (7 pages); and Cherokee informants (1 page).
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Citation
Manuscript 3462, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3462
Local Note
Local Note
The notebook was digitized to reflect the order of the writing in the original notebook. It is currently displayed in that same order. It starts from front cover towards middle, then back cover towards middle. This ordering will facilitate in the reading of the manuscript. Listed before the notebook are two loose drawings of plants.
Keywords
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Ethnobotany -- Cherokee | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Kinship -- Choctaw | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Medicine | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Burial | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Drawings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Field notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Choctaw | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Cherokee | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Southern states | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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